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Erika Cheung

“It Kept Failing”

“It Kept Failing”
California Magazine, March 2019
Theranos whistleblower and Cal grad Erika Cheung talks about the Silicon Valley scandal.
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Evaluating Play

Evaluating Play
March 2019
How do children best play to learn?
Students hanging out outside Williams Hall at Dillard, a historically black university in New Orleans

A Safe Haven?

A Safe Haven?
The New York Times, Feb. 20, 2019
The political climate is leading more students to turn toward historically black and single-sex colleges.
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Faculty Searches Gone Wrong

Faculty Searches Gone Wrong
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan. 6, 2019
Bad hotels, poor travel plans – faculty searches can fail for so many reasons.
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

Private Matters

Private Matters
Talking Stick, Jan-Feb. 2019
Association of College and University Housing Officers 
What can and can’t colleges tell parents – and why is it so confusing?
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A Balancing Act

A Balancing Act
January 2019
Short and long-term conservation challenges.
engineering class at Carnegie Mellon

Artifical Intelligence and Ethics

Artifical Intelligence and Ethics
The New York Times, Nov. 2, 2018
Colleges grapples with the teaching of the technology and ethics of A.I.
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It’s About the Mission

It’s About the Mission
November 2018
Veterans and zoos: a natural fit.
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Coming Together

Coming Together
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Oct. 21, 2018
More and more colleges are merging or being acquired. It can save an institution, but it’s a tricky business.
Samantha Bee and Cecile Richards

Self-doubt? Oh Yes!

Self-doubt? Oh Yes!
The New York Times, Sept. 30, 2018
Samantha Bee and Cecile Richards talk about how insecurity.
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Intersectionality in the Workplace

Intersectionality in the Workplace
The New York Times, Sept. 30, 2018
Bearing the emotional tax of racism, sexism and classism.
woman picking up trash on Haitian beach

Local efforts on Climate Change

Local efforts on Climate Change
The International New York Times, Sept. 21, 2018
Thousands of organizations are trying in big and small ways to address climate change. Here are ten.
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Access or Monopoly?

Access or Monopoly?
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Sept. 2018
The big publishing companies are offering ‘inclusive access’ that make online textbooks cheaper. But is it a good thing?
college dorm room

Affordable College Housing?

Affordable College Housing?
Talking Stick, Sept.-Oct. 2018 
Association of College and University Housing Officers
How to be safe and comfortable without being unaffordable?
student meeting with admissions director

Wooing Transfer Students

Wooing Transfer Students
The New York Times, Aug. 2, 2018
Transfer students used to be the step-children of higher education, but no more. Colleges and universities are now eager to bring community college and other transfer students on board.
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Building Academic Integrity

Building Academic Integrity

The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 2018
It’s not enough to catch cheaters. Teachers have to create an environment where students don’t want to cheat.

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Of Love, Loss and Basketball

Of Love, Loss and Basketball

CoveyClub, July 2018
The nest isn’t really empty until they go to work. My essay about changes.

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Diversity Hiring: More than Lip Service

Diversity Hiring: More than Lip Service

The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 17, 2018
One university spent a year restructuring its recruitment and hiring process.

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Working Together

Working Together

May 2018
State AZAs teaming up.

speech

Free Speech on Campus

Free Speech on Campus

The New York Times, June 5, 2018
Colleges grapple with balancing free speech and students’ concerns about offensive speech.

The New York Times, June 5, 2018 In the age of Trump, more schools and universities are worried students don't know the basics of government. Some are trying innovative approaches to the problem.

A Comeback for Civics

A Comeback for Civics

The New York Times, June 5, 2018
In the age of Trump, more schools and universities are worried students don’t know the basics of government. Some are trying innovative approaches to the problem.

Dropouts

A Different Chance for Dropouts

A Different Chance for Dropouts

The New York Times, April 5, 2018
Started by Indiana Goodwill, these high schools for dropouts – whatever age – are being emulated around the country.

Where Wolves?

Where Wolves?

Where Wolves?

February 2018
Controversy over Mexican wolf recovery.

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‘I Was Stuck for So Long’

‘I Was Stuck for So Long’

The New York Times, Nov. 6, 2017
‘I was tired of sitting with my life and being unsuccessful.’

Disconnected Youth

‘Disconnected’ Youth

‘Disconnected’ Youth

The New York Times,  Nov. 6, 2017
No diploma, no jobs, but an opportunity.

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Disappearing Avians

Disappearing Avians

November 2017
A focus on saving local birds.

Who Benefits?

Who Benefits?

Who Benefits?

The New York Times Magazine, Sept. 10, 2017
Millions of dollars are spent on promoting the Advanced Placement test to low-income students. Who is benefitting?

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Nonwhite Students Slow to Seek Counseling

Nonwhite Students Slow to Seek Counseling
The Hechinger Report, August 31, 2017
African American, Hispanic and Asian college students face greater mental health issues, but are more reluctant to seek help than their white counterparts.
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Mental Health at College

Mental Health at College

The New York Times, June 7, 2017
Three stories: how colleges are becoming more proactive; a personal story of depression and anxiety; and preparing “emerging adults.”

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Global Conservation

Global Conservation

May 2017
Saving the pangolin.