Elizabeth Redden

Views editor at Inside Higher Ed, seeking smart opinion pieces on all manner of topics pertaining to higher ed. Also runner, writer, reader, and cat rescuer.

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To Improve Peer Review, Give Reviewers More Choice (opinion)

2 weeks ago | insidehighered.com | Elizabeth Redden

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. “Greetings! You’ve been added to our journal’s editorial system because we believe you would serve as an excellent reviewer of [Unexciting Title] manuscript …”You probably get these, too. It feels like such emails are propagating. The peer-review system may still be the best we have for academic quality assurance, but it is vulnerable to human overload, preferences and even mood.
Scholars’ Stories of Losing Federal Funding

2 weeks ago | insidehighered.com | Elizabeth Redden

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Fifteen researchers across a range disciplines from the biomedical sciences and STEM to education and political science share their experiences of losing research grants and what impact the loss of billions of dollars in federal funding will have on science, public health and education in Inside Higher Ed today.
Scholars’ Stories of Losing Federal Funding

3 weeks ago | insidehighered.com | Elizabeth Redden

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Sixteen researchers across a range disciplines from the biomedical sciences and STEM to education and political science share their experiences of losing research grants and what impact the loss of billions of dollars in federal funding will have on science, public health and education in Inside Higher Ed today.
College leaders in the foxhole (opinion)

2 months ago | insidehighered.com | Elizabeth Redden

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Anna Moneymaker/Staff/Getty Images News/Getty Images The second Trump administration has begun with a cacophony of executive orders, memos from the Office of Management and Budget, and the disconcerting disappearance—and some reappearance—of research grants and programs.
Will Trump take on misuse of student visas? (opinion)

Jan 6, 2025 | insidehighered.com | Elizabeth Redden

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Olena Agapova/iStock/Getty Images Plus Based on what happened the last time Donald Trump was president, the international education sector has a lot to fear. Travel bans on several Muslim-majority countries and a general unwelcoming stance toward international students did a lot to damage sentiment even before the pandemic quashed mobility outright. But this second time around, there’s a lot more at stake.
A collaborative model for grad student development (opinion)

Jan 6, 2025 | insidehighered.com | Elizabeth Redden

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. trumzz/iStock/Getty Images Plus As administrators charged with overseeing GRAD 360°, Clemson University’s holistic professional development program for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, we have found that collaboration is key to creating a robust and relevant set of professional development offerings.
The hypocrisy of community-engaged research (opinion)

Dec 20, 2024 | insidehighered.com | Elizabeth Redden

December 20, 2024 Evelyn Vázquez writes that white saviorism often drives community-engaged research in the neoliberal university—and offers suggestions for how to change this. You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Any critique about the neoliberal university ought to confront and acknowledge its colonial roots.
Does careerism have to ruin college? (opinion)

Dec 17, 2024 | insidehighered.com | Elizabeth Redden

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Accreditors grow involvement in noncredit space (opinion)

Dec 16, 2024 | insidehighered.com | Elizabeth Redden

December 16, 2024 Accreditors have an expanded role to play in evaluating noncredit programs, Larry Schall and Paul L. Gaston write. You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. pepifoto/iStock/Getty Images Plus If these are not “the worst of times” for U.S. higher education, they are far from the best: The threats heard during the presidential campaign were worrisome. But there are trends that may be of even greater concern.
Online learning for professional development (opinion)

Dec 16, 2024 | insidehighered.com | Elizabeth Redden

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. jadamprostore/iStock/Getty Images Plus As a professional navigating the complex landscape of continuous learning, I’ve discovered a game-changing approach to personal and professional growth: online courses and webinars. Digital learning platforms have revolutionized how we acquire knowledge, network and stay competitive in an ever-evolving academic and professional world.