It can go a long way when it comes to the quality of our mental health, writes Adriana Bankston, who offers advice for coping effectively. More...
The Problem of Self-Care in Higher Education
Students struggle to care for themselves in higher education, writes Douglas Dowland, and so do faculty. More...
Advancing to the Presidency No. 5: Stepping Into the Position
S. Georgia Nugent provides insights and advice for women who are becoming a college or university president for the first time. More...
Incivility, Bullying and Academic Dysfunction
How can departments foster an environment that encourages productive discourse, even in the face of vigorous disagreement? Nicholas C. Burbules, Ashley Albrecht Weaver, Elizabeth A. Luckman and C. K. Gunsalus provide some recommendations. More...
Lessons From a First-Gen, Working-Class Latinx Student
Alicia M. Reyes-Barriéntez shares five things she wishes she'd known when she left home to attend a predominantly white institution. More...
Let's Abolish Academic Prizes
They feed an individualist ethos in a time when the fantasy of the self-reliant individual, isolated from all community, support and connection, is doing more damage than good both within and beyond the academy, Michael J. Kramer writes. More...
Introducing the Next Editor of ‘Conditionally Accepted’
Bertin M. Louis Jr., the new editor of Inside Higher Ed's column, describes his vision for it moving forward. More...
Needed: A Real Conversation About Academic Hours Worked
That busyness and overwork have become status symbols is probably not a surprise, write Carolyn Dever and George Justice, but what interests do they serve. More...
The Shame of Changing Your Name
The academy holds a narrow view of acceptable conditions for a scholar to do so, and marriage is not one of them, writes Emily Peterson. More...
What Black Faculty Need From Our White and Asian Allies
Nina T. Harawa provides eight recommendations for how to promote justice, inclusivity and diversity within your institution. More...