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Tenure is not a magical keep-your-job-forever-no-matter-what card. It's vital protection for scientists whose research might not sit well with ideologues and partisan tribalists on college boards.
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The trajectory of American higher education is simply unsustainable and something has to give sooner rather than later.
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No Child Left Behind's series of tests was supposed to help American education. It did the exact opposite.
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If taxpayers are going to pay for college, we'll have to make sure that a college education actually yields gainful employment.
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Companies need colleges to educate their next generation of workers. Yet they're refusing to work with them, or even train their employees for that matter.
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Studies about America's supposed shortfalls in STEM education have been taken at face value for years. But a thorough review casts doubt on their methods and conclusions.
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We're ignoring the fact that the professors who teach future generations are in deep financial holes and can't seem to get out.
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It's one thing when a digital mob goes after you when you do something worthy of criticism. But what happens if it descends on you for succeeding?
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Accommodationist philosopher Michael Ruse is now seriously defending the citizens of Tennessee voting on science and facts.
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American higher education is no longer just problematic. It's a Kafkaesque maze where almost every turn leads somewhere you don't want to be.