How to Instill a Love of Learning in Students

I spent nearly every Saturday lunchtime in March and April with a bunch of strangers on Zoom. There were about 12 of us—a young man from Madrid, a middle-aged woman with a cat, a mother with a child who sometimes made an appearance in her home office. I couldn’t tell you how they made a […]

Jewish Studies Weighs How to Move Forward Post–Oct. 7

The University of Denver’s Center for Judaic Studies has long wanted to hire a Holocaust studies professor to support its decades-old Holocaust education programming. Now it’s getting one—a new endowed professorship in Holocaust and antisemitism awareness. The new role, linking Holocaust and antisemitism studies, was born out of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on […]

How to Prepare for a Teaching-Track Interview (opinion)

Last year, one of us, Peter, was applying for teaching positions. I was at the end of a three-year teaching postdoc at the University of British Columbia and was searching for my next step. The previous year, I’d applied to three teaching roles and secured interviews for two of them but unfortunately didn’t make the […]

How To Become DevOps Engineer

👋 Hey there, tech enthusiasts! I’m Sarvar, a Cloud Architect with a passion for transforming complex technological challenges into elegant solutions. With extensive experience spanning Cloud Operations (AWS & Azure), Data Operations, Analytics, DevOps, and Generative AI, I’ve had the privilege of architecting solutions for global enterprises that drive real business impact. Through this article […]

From Fresher to Cloud Architect: How to Start Your AWS Cloud Journey

👋 Hey there, tech enthusiasts! I’m Sarvar, a Cloud Architect with a passion for transforming complex technological challenges into elegant solutions. With extensive experience spanning Cloud Operations (AWS & Azure), Data Operations, Analytics, DevOps, and Generative AI, I’ve had the privilege of architecting solutions for global enterprises that drive real business impact. Through this article […]

How to Prevent University Trustee Overreach

A new report argues the while increasing politicization of university governing boards has contributed to the erosion of academic freedom in recent years, boards also have the potential to adopt frameworks focused on protecting institutional autonomy.  “Decisions that were once guided by academic standards and institutional autonomy have become arenas for political influence and ideological […]

How One College is Encouraging Students to Fail Better

Reducing failure rates in higher education is typically a mark of student success. But Hamilton College is flipping the narrative this academic year with a new campaign that teaches students to fail and bounce back. The “failing better” campaign, led by the university’s student success division, ALEX, provides resources and support for staff to push […]