Thomas Doherty wonders if today’s atmosphere on college campuses encourages, or even tolerates, the kind of unsparing reprimand from a professor that might be needed for a student’s growth. More...
Mark Stein’s Vice Capades: Sex, Drugs and Bowling From the Pilgrims to the Present tracks how the vice of one century, such as bowling or playing cards, can become the wholesome family recreation of another, writes Scott McLemee. More...
As people in leadership positions start to leave higher education, it will be increasingly important to ensure that the best and brightest of the younger generations stick around, argues James Wicks. More...
Federal officials won’t grasp the complexity of the debate over campus sexual violence without hearing from those who understand it best: student affairs professionals, Lee Burdette Williams argues. More...
Michael S. Roth examines campus intellectual diversity in the age of polarization. More...
Two years ago I successfully defended my dissertation at Southern Methodist University’s graduate program in religious studies. It took me just under two years to propose, draft, revise, submit and defend. I was also teaching, conferencing, spousing and parenting two young boys. More...
While sitting in a lecture, a student’s attention may shift in many ways -- daydreaming, looking out a window at a beautiful day, or searching a website on a laptop or mobile device.
With everything that is happening in the world, it is easy for students to become distracted during class. More...
As a newly tenured professor, you should talk with people who are doing the work you dream about to discover what it’s really like on a daily basis -- and how they got where they are today, advises Kerry Ann Rockquemore. More...
If no one ever teaches women of color how to talk about sexual violence, how will we ever cultivate our voices, Manya Whitaker asks -- whether as survivors, bystanders, friends or advocates. More...
We must stop holding unrealistic standards of beauty, writes Jeannine A. Gailey, and work to reduce the harm and discrimination experienced by women of size. More...
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