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7 most popular Inside Higher Ed articles, as voted by our community.
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Inside Higher Ed on Education
Why we need applied humanities approaches (opinion)
Applied humanities courses or modules have much to offer students studying STEM, Kathryn Strong Hansen writes.
Inside Higher Ed on Language
The radical reinvention of the English language
Neologisms, slang, jargon, acronyms and loanwords are reshaping the language right before our eyes.
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Transforming Transfer at Selective Colleges and Universities
Selective schools must transform the transfer student experience to ensure that those admitted can thrive.
Why Does an AI Faculty Shortage Exist? It’s Complicated.
The dearth of artificial intelligence professors at U.S. universities is not the result of a distorted job market, according to a recent report. Some experts urge caution in relying on industry to…
The Study of Classics Is Changing
And that’s not a bad thing, Max L. Goldman and Rebecca Futo Kennedy argue.
The Trailing Spouse
If colleges are interested in real diversity work, their spousal accommodation policies for dual-career academic couples should be much clearer and more supportive, argues Mireille Rebeiz.
You Can’t Kill It With Kindness
Basic decency and treating people better isn’t going to get at the core issues of what makes job hunting so demoralizing and damaging for most recent Ph.D. graduates, Zeb Larson contends.
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