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For many decades, the National Collegiate Athletic Association preserved student athletes’ amateur status by prohibiting their ability to profit off their name, image or likeness (NIL).…

A couple of years ago, I got into a heated argument with a white male lab mate about whether racial and gender inequities still existed in…

In Jarek Janio’s Inside Higher Ed opinion column, “Beyond ‘Grit’ and ‘Growth Mindsets,’” Janio argues that, to promote better student learning, college instructors should ignore questions…

Rumors are swirling about the extent to which Harvard University will acquiesce to the Trump administration’s attempt to crush institutions of higher education. Until very recently…

The past few years have brought a seemingly endless series of existential challenges for colleges and their leaders. Although many of the most recent challenges have…

Each May, hundreds of thousands of high school students from across the United States take the Advanced Placement exam for English Literature and Composition. Each June,…

As a higher education professional with a background in writing and rhetoric, I frame my work in career and professional development in terms of communication, such…

When I taught about social class in my Intimacy, Marriages and Families course this past semester, I began with reflection and a sticky note, not with…

Ages ago, in the 1970s Soviet Union, a Jewish stand-up comedian, Mikhail Zhvanetski, remarked in one of his skits that if you want to argue about…

From declining enrollments to equity gaps and growing concerns about student belonging, the pressures on colleges and universities—especially those serving first-generation and regional student populations—are intense…