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By Jay Howard

Good discussions involve taking risks, by the students and the professor. This comprehensive guide is filled with tips to help improve yours.

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Advice
By Sarah Rose Cavanagh

Stimulate your students’ curiosity — and help them learn — using the tried-and-true techniques in this comprehensive guide.

Leadership
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By Steven Johnson

Stanley, president of the State University of New York campus since 2009, will take charge of a community calling for transparency. Some of his old critics at Stony Brook say he may not deliver. PREMIUM

BACKGROUNDER
By Sarah Brown

The university prospered under Lou Anna K. Simon’s leadership. But for many who witnessed that growth, the Larry Nassar sex-abuse scandal demands hard questions about the consequences of that ambition.

The Edge
By Goldie Blumenstyk

Most alternative credentials have gained plenty of buzz, but little traction. This one might be different.

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By Dennis M. Hogan

College leaders would be wrong to think the pending NLRB ruling should be celebrated.

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