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Every year for the past 25 years, I have taught an intermediate-level undergraduate course at Indiana University Bloomington called The Declaration of Independence and the Meaning…

Over my 16-plus years in higher education, mostly in administration, I’ve had many colleagues reach out and ask a version of the same question: “How do…

The recent decision by the American Council on Education and the Carnegie Foundation to simplify the classification of research universities may have been well meaning, but…

In April, Harvard University, despite its $53.2 billion endowment, announced plans for a $750 million bond issuance to bolster liquidity amid uncertainties over federal funding. Similarly, Brown University…

Have you attended a research seminar that managed to deepen faculty members’ understanding of the topic, while also encouraging trainees new to the field to engage…

In his famous “I Have a Dream” speech, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke about the debt the United States owed to its Black citizens…

Joe Rogan is no fan of my work, obviously. The chart-topping conservative influencer famously insists that universities are “cult camps” where professors like me indoctrinate students…

In the final few months of this school year, it wasn’t uncommon to find videos on TikTok and Instagram of educators, generally newer to the profession,…