3 Things: Issue Fourteen

1. Find inspiration by thinking about what you could "relax pressure on" as you read, "Let Yourself Be Unproductive. At Least for a Little While." 

2. Reflect on your approach with others when listening to the podcast, "The Empathy Effect," the newest in GW's "Healthy You: Surviving a Pandemic," series hosted by Frank Sesno.

3. Talk with colleagues about "what we want higher education to look like after the pandemic subsides" and discuss the goals that make the most sense for your department, program, and/or team.   

"In the News" Quick Links:

• Institutional Mixed Messaging: If diversity, equity and inclusion are truly valued, Amy Wagoner Johnson writes, everyone -- not just underrepresented faculty members -- should do more and be rewarded for it.
• College Leaders Have the Wrong Incentives: If we want university presidents to safeguard the well-being of their communities, we need to change the way they’re evaluated.
• What research leaders told the Education Advisory Board about planning to ramp back up on-campus research activity
• Turns Out You Can Build Community in a Zoom Classroom: A professor finds that personal essays are surprisingly effective in building relationships in a synchronous virtual classroom
• Trump Suspends Temporary Work Visas but — for Now — Leaves Alone a Program for International Students