Ways to Obsess Over Writing
I have two terminal degrees, but I keep one off my bylines. The Ph.D. in math shows up because I write about math and science, and it tells…
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NVIDIA CEO Donates $75M to Vanderbilt San Francisco
Vanderbilt University has received a $75 million gift from NVIDIA President and CEO Jensen Huang and his wife, Lori, for its new San Francisco campus, which is slated…
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A second language is more than an elective—it’s a workforce skill
Key points: When I taught Spanish, students would often ask, “Why do I need to learn this?” Many thought that learning a new language would only be useful…
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View From an RPU: What Rebuilding Trust Requires (opinion)
Higher education has to rebuild public trust. That much is evident, and many of the ideas to address this challenge are coming out of our country’s wealthiest and…
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AI Scribes in Medicine Are Short-Circuiting Thinking
As I have now argued in three books and countless columns and articles, I believe that we should view our work as writers through the lens of a practice:…
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Nikola Jokic on Nuggets extension: ‘I’ll probably sign next year’
(Photo credit: Jesse Johnson-Imagn Images) Three-time NBA Most Valuable Player Nikola Jokic told reporters in his native Serbia that he wants to be a Denver Nugget for life,…
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Cancer Took My Parents—and Showed Me How to Teach (opinion)
In 2014, my father was diagnosed with cancer in Kenya. I was thousands of miles away, teaching at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, and the helplessness I felt was…
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Try Specs Grading to Motivate Students (opinion)
We have so many theories of motivation—self-efficacy, goal setting, goal orientation, expectancy-value of goal achievement and most recently self-determination—backed by many thousands of research articles and books. You…
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NWCCU Announces Split From C-RAC
The Trump administration ended the system of regional accreditation in 2019. That change is now fueling some updates at higher ed’s top accreditors. A long-standing member is leaving…
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Hyper-Individualism and the Crab Bucket Mentality
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Read more Hyper-Individualism and the Crab Bucket MentalityFrom high school to career: 6 CTE trends to track in 2026
Key points: Without a doubt, career and technical education (CTE) is priceless for high school students wanting to get real-world, hands-on job skills before they graduate and turn…
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Last year, after finally publishing a paper I had been working on for months, I did something I had never done before: I printed it out, added a…
Read more Go Ahead: Hang Your Paper on Your Office Door (opinion)Larry Summers Resigns as Epstein Files Fallout Continues
Summers has said he is “deeply ashamed” of his actions and takes responsibility for continuing to communicate with Epstein. Kevin Dietsch/Staff/Getty Images Former Harvard University president Larry Summers…
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The Trump administration began targeting UCLA last year through research funding cuts. Juliana Yamada/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images The Justice Department sued the University of California system Tuesday, alleging…
Read more DOJ Sues UC, Alleging ‘Hostile Work Environment’ for JewsFlorida Hands Down Sociology Curriculum to State Colleges
Beginning this summer, professors at Florida’s 28 public colleges must use a state curriculum framework to teach their introduction to sociology courses. Aligned with the state-sanctioned sociology textbook,…
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(Photo credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images) Former MLS and U.S. men’s national team star Michael Bradley is returning home … in a sense. The central midfielder, who logged 151…
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Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Education sent a letter to every college and university president with the goal of continuing its efforts to curb voting among…
Read more Ed Department Weaponizes FERPA to Restrict Voting (opinion)Severing Military’s Ties With Harvard Is a Mistake (opinion)
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced this month that the Department of Defense will no longer send active-duty military for graduate-level professional military education at Harvard University. In…
Read more Severing Military’s Ties With Harvard Is a Mistake (opinion)After Research, Tennessee Lawmaker Drops Bill to End Tenure
A Tennessee state lawmaker dropped his bill to end tenure, but said, “We’ll maybe be back.” rruntsch | iStock | Getty Images Plus Tennessee’s House Higher Ed Subcommittee…
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Jay Bhattacharya is now also acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images The National Institutes of Health director will become acting director…
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