As a septuagenarian university president, I was intrigued by a recent Inside Higher Ed piece, “For College Presidents, Is 70 the New 50?” In part, the article questions the motives and efficacy of colleges appointing leaders so clearly “long in the tooth” and ponders why past-retirement-age academics would accept a presidency even when offered. More...
Can fostering goodwill on campuses make a difference? Maria Shine Stewart reflects on the topic. More...
Between discussions with potential future colleagues, delivering research presentations and interviewing with a provost or department chair, you’ll find no shortage of angst-inducing moments during an interview for a faculty position. With so many potential pitfalls, many candidates neglect preparation for their teaching demonstrations. More...
Last year, I wrote "Getting Up to Speed on Diversity" to share strategies on how graduate students could posit, develop and articulate their commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI. More...
DeVos's next round of deregulation strikes at the heart of higher education and could lead to more fraud, waste and abuse, argue Spiros Protopsaltis and Clare McCann. More...
Scott McLemee considers Robert Irwin’s Ibn Khaldun: An Intellectual Biography. More...
To confront the facts and take action is wiser than to be nostalgic about a bygone era, argues Frank H. Wu.
Many institutions of higher education should be considering a merger, as they are facing an existential crisis. They can merge, close or suffer unremitting deterioration. More...
They won’t get easier, given the financial realities many of those institutions face today, write David Chard and Mary Churchill. More...
In a difficult environment for higher education and the nation, Mort Maimon discovers resilience in adversity in a somewhat surprising place. More...
Despite all our professed support of the concept, Clara M. Lovett asks, how much do we truly value it?
In 1978, when the Supreme Court heard the landmark Bakke case that permitted race to be considered as one of several factors in higher education admissions, several colleges and universities filed amicus briefs in support of the University of California’s race-conscious policies. More...
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