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Posts from Letters
Academic Leaders Have Responsibility to Improve Conditions for Non-Tenure-Track Faculty
Administrators should see themselves as a part of a system and network of people where anyone has agency to start change.
The Problem With Departmental Statements
They can be the means for senior department members to run roughshod over the wishes of the less powerful.
Sordid History of Decades-Long War on Higher Ed Needs to Be Better Known
Much of the American public is still critical of higher education without having learned that its reaction was programmed in order to hide the truth about American hegemony and militarism.
How Is Commitment to Exposing the Limits of Common Sense Ethical?
Why should common sense be subject to an antecedent skepticism that other sources of belief are not subjected to?
Writing Is More Than Putting Words on a Page
Artificial intelligence can’t replace the most important aspect of writing.
AI Writing Technologies Will Force Instructors to Adapt
Here’s what the future might look like.
Article on Autistic College Students Neglected to Mention Relevant Documentary
“Autism Goes to College” received numerous awards.
Nothing Work-Related Is ‘Non-Promotable’
Important academic contributions goes way beyond the usual numbers of peer-reviewed publications and grants received.
Dismissed U. of Colorado Scholar Has Been Treated Cruelly
There is no hope that the center Professor Limerick founded — if it survives — will ever have the standing it has enjoyed.
Black Administrators Face Many of the Same Problems as Black Faculty Members
Making decisions and charting a path without the benefit of assumed legitimacy is an ongoing dynamic.