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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…

In the days after Oct. 7, President Joe Biden tried to help Americans touch the size of Israel’s horror and grief by translating it into the…

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…

“That is a wall.” I have a job that should not exist. “Here it comes.” Every few weeks, I drive about four hours to a prison…

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…

On Friday, someone anonymously emailed me an article from a far-right American website as supposed proof that I had killed my husband with Covid vaccines —…

If you travel on a plane that looks like this, then you’re paying for people to travel like this. [CHORAL MUSIC] You heard that right. If…

All right, Jamelle, I need to ask about the hat. So it says “Leguminati” and it’s from the company Rancho Gordo. And it’s sortof like you’re…