By John Warner. I was recently irked by a Twitter thread by Jonathan Haidt, co-author (along with Greg Lukianoff) of the best selling The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure, declaring that that increased depression and self-harm is directly attributable to "overprotection" and the use of social media. More...
Acknowledging your blind spots and working on your identity to be a more effective and aware teacher. More...
By Eboo Patel. If you haven’t seen Ava DuVernay’s 13th, drop whatever you are doing (maybe finish reading this piece first), go find a screen with Netflix, and watch it. More...
By Eboo Patel. The philosophy of nonviolence has great wisdom, even for those of us who are not pacifists.
In twenty years of writing and speaking about Martin Luther King Jr, I’ve generally stayed away from discussing King’s philosophy of nonviolence. More...
By Matt Reed. A new study on community college student loans’ effects on student achievement finds that students who are advised of the availability of loans are likelier to take them than students who aren’t; that they’re likely to take more credits; they’re likely to have higher GPA’s; and they’re several times likelier to transfer on to four-year colleges. So it should be a no-brainer, right. More...
For many university marketers, email is one of our most important channels. Perhaps that’s why we often seek external advice on ways to improve our campaigns. In many cases. More...
By Rick Seltzer. Court filing's allegations prompt an evaluation at Tufts as calls mount for prestigious universities, including Harvard, to reconsider bearing the name of the Sackler family. More...
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Many college students rely on income -- whether a parent's or their own -- from closed federal agencies. Some colleges are trying to help. More...
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