Steven Johnson
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What Day Is It? This newsletter can help you remember — and recover.
Sign up for What Day Is It?, a pop-up newsletter about recovering your sense of time during the pandemic. → Read More
Workplaces are using design to fight employee stress. They’ve got a long way to go.
After a backlash to open offices, “flexible” spaces are trying to improve worker wellness. → Read More
What teenage brains can teach us about thinking creatively
Researchers say obsessing over adolescent risk can overshadow a period of rapid growth. → Read More
How lo-fi artists make music perfect for work. (Or studying. Or chilling.)
The popular — and notorious — genre uses nostalgia and simple beats to soothe nerves. → Read More
Being obsessed with being productive ... is unproductive
A wave of writers and researchers are redefining how we view useful work. → Read More
‘The Great British Baking Show’ doesn’t just provide stress relief — it teaches it
The stars of TV’s calmest competition describe how they stay cool under pressure. → Read More
Screen reading can wreck your attention. Here’s how to save it.
Problems with digital reading can have as much to do with your habits as with the screen itself. → Read More
In a Tense Meeting, Miami Dade Trustees Name an Interim President
The decision follows weeks of political turmoil and accusations of a rigged presidential search. The new one may take several more months. → Read More
Strikes at Colleges Are at a 7-Year High as Unions Rebound
Last year saw the most strikes across colleges since 2012, more than double the number in 2017, a new study found. More unions have formed in the same period. → Read More
Women-Only STEM Programs Target the Gender Gap. Now the Education Dept. Is Investigating Them for Bias.
Supporters of the programs argue that the inquiries distort the purpose of Title IX protections. → Read More
Student Debt Rises Among the Oldest Borrowers
Over two recent decades, older students have drastically increased the rates at which they borrow for college. They’re also racking up higher amounts. → Read More
Conservatives Say Professors’ Politics Ruins College. Students Say It’s More Complicated.
Most students say they’re comfortable sharing their views in classrooms. But some conservatives among them still report feeling unwelcome. → Read More
Just in Time for Fall Term, a Cyberattack Forces an Entire College’s Systems Offline
Despite a “severe” malware attack, the Stevens Institute of Technology says it believes no personal data have been exploited. → Read More
Ethnic-Studies Scholars Hoped Their Curriculum Would Break Boundaries. Critics Are Calling It Propaganda.
The proposed course of study comes as state lawmakers are considering making ethnic studies mandatory for high schoolers and Cal State students. → Read More
An Escalating Tenure Fight Catches Students in the Crossfire
A professor says Macalester College is continuing a yearslong pattern of retaliation and discrimination against her. Both say students are getting dragged into the battle. → Read More
‘We Lost the Whole Field’: Scientists Work to Revive Gun Research After a 20-Year Chill
Gun violence is “hyperendemic,” some researchers say, and they are struggling to rebuild its study following a long pause in federal funding. → Read More
As Competition Mounts, 2U Signals Big Changes for Online Education
The company said it was slowing growth in its core business of online graduate programs while pursuing shorter courses and boot camps. → Read More
‘Better, Not Bigger’: As Private Colleges Hunger for Students, One University Slims Down
George Washington University announced last week it would slash its undergraduate enrollment by 20 percent over five years. → Read More
Michigan State Selects Stony Brook’s Leader, Samuel L. Stanley, as Next President
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. → Read More
She’s Led the U. of South Florida for 19 Years. Now She’s Giving It $20 Million.
Judy L. Genshaft’s gift, one of the largest from a president to her institution, will help construct an honors-college building in her name. → Read More