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- Jan 4, 2019
- Karen Costa
For the past couple of years, I've grown increasingly concerned about my relationship with my phone. To begin, the fact that I'm describing it as a... -
- Jan 4, 2019
- Kelly J. Baker
New Year's resolutions exist to tell us there's something wrong with who we are now. -
- Dec 3, 2018
- Kelly J. Baker
I am a recovering perfectionist. OK, that's not entirely true. I'm a perfectionist who is working against these tendencies. My desire for things to... -
- Dec 3, 2018
- Katie Rose Guest Pryal
I went to college with Brett Kavanaugh. No, not really. He's a lot older than me. Plus, he went to Yale University CT, and I went to Duke Universit... -
- Dec 3, 2018
- Karen Costa
Churchill: “We created a space for these women from all over the world to tell their stories.” -
- Nov 1, 2018
- Kelly J. Baker
On my desk is one of those clichéd felt boards with white plastic letters graced with inspirational quotes. Right now, my board reads, “Your silenc... -
- Nov 1, 2018
- Mary Lou Santovec
Data from the American Historical Society show that women now earn one‐half of the degrees awarded in history. But the discipline still has an outs... -
- Nov 1, 2018
- Lois Elfman
Designed by Dr. Jeanne Houck , Sound Thinking NYC debuted in July 2018 with a cohort of 39 New York City 11th and 12th graders, selected from appli... -
- Oct 30, 2018
- Lois Elfman
All of us at Women in Higher Education were saddened to learn that Dr. Ntozake Shange died on October 28th at the age of 70. We mourn her loss. To ... -
- Oct 3, 2018
- Kelly J. Baker
Recently, my children asked to watch the original Ghostbusters (1984) because they both love the Ghostbusters reboot from two years ago. My kids re... -
- Oct 3, 2018
- Karen Costa
There is a popular belief in higher education that goes something like this: If students are not succeeding in college, it is due to their own lack... -
- Oct 3, 2018
- Katie Rose Guest Pryal
I write about mental health on the internet. I do this writing to help destigmatize mental illness and also to help those who are like me live bett... -
- Sep 7, 2018
- Kelly J. Baker
Almost two months ago, one of my former students emailed me to tell me how much my class—Apocalypses and American Religions—meant to him. It was a ... -
- Sep 7, 2018
- Lois Elfman
Now in her third year as president of the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U), Dr. Lynn Pasquerella brings not only an outstand... -
- Sep 7, 2018
- Mary Lou Santovec
The stories of Native Americans taught in history books are generally incomplete or full of half‐truths and myths. Shana Harming plans to right som... -
- Aug 1, 2018
- Kelly J. Baker
In early July, NPR reported that the Trump administration rescinded Obama administration guidance “that encouraged schools and colleges to promote ... -
- Aug 1, 2018
- Karen Costa
A few months ago, I engaged in a job search that left me wondering which rules had changed and which remained the same. Here's one example: when I ... -
- Aug 1, 2018
- Katie Rose Guest Pryal
On June 25, 2018, Andrea Pino , a first‐generation, queer, Cuban‐American college student who graduated from the University of North Carolina at Ch... -
- Jul 5, 2018
- Karen Costa
In the June issue of WIHE , I wrote an article about how to start a writing practice this summer. In part two of this special series, I've collecte... -
- Jul 5, 2018
- Amma Marfo
“I think that's a problem you could solve.” That statement, shared with Campus Sonar founder Liz Gross as she described a challenge she'd come acro...