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    Why Higher Ed Has a Crisis of ‘Authority’
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    How to Respond When Students Don’t Want to Work With AI
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    In Praise of College Towns
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    The Classroom, Caught on Camera
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    Faculty Motivation in a Uniquely Demotivating Time
    Photo of the U.S. Capitol building with snippets from a Goldwater Institute's latest model legislation relating to non-STEM research laid over the top.
    A New Blueprint for Conservative Lawmakers Aims to Curb ‘Unserious’ Research
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    The Inevitable Rise of Right-Wing DEI
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    The Grading Scandal That Should Worry Higher Ed

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    What One Student’s Mentor Taught Him
    Our guest columnist reflects on his wise, and sometimes maddening, mentor.
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    How Do You Make Grading Meaningful?
    Professors are unhappy with how they evaluate students. What can be done?
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    Why Biology, Not Technology, Holds the Key to Learning
    Improving education depends on understanding how the brain matures and processes information.

    Teaching Gen Z

    They face a scary future. They tend to be risk averse, and distrustful of administrators and faculty members. Colleges that help these students feel connected — with professors, peers, and a sense of meaning — will flourish, and contribute to a thriving society.
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    Codes of Conduct
    Cheating Has Become Normal
    By Beth McMurtrie November 4, 2024
    Faculty members are overwhelmed, and the solutions aren’t clear.
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    Supportive Strategies
    Why Students Can’t Work on Their Own
    Many struggle to complete coursework independently. How can professors adjust?
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    Kids These Days
    How Changes in K-12 Schooling Hampered the Preparation of College Students
    Accountability and test-based reforms, pandemic-era disruptions, and larger social and economic pressures have fostered ineffective habits.