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Words to Live By

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Perhaps you remember this exchange between Lisa and Homer Simpson from a 1991 episode of the animated sitcom. Certain illusions reside at the very heart of this nation’s self-image, involving freedom, equality and opportunity, that are too often compromised and contradicted in practice.

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Is Teaching About Power and Privilege Education or Indoctrination?

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Count on The New York Post to come up with the tabloids’ most incendiary headlines and news article leads. We all recall “Headless Body in Topless Bar.” ” But what about some other headlines that are much more inflammatory or offensive.

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Honoring the Promise of Higher Ed

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

We called in brush fires that we saw coming over the mountains from Napa into Sonoma, and we still had 3,300 students living in the residence halls at that time. With Scott Jaschik, he leads the site's editorial operations, overseeing news content, opinion pieces, career advice, blogs and other features.