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College faculty are under pressure to say and do the right thing – the stress also trickles down to students

  • Written by Lee Ann Rawlins Williams, Clinical Assistant Professor of Education, Health and Behavior Studies, University of North Dakota
imageProfessors and other faculty were under a lot of strain even before the Trump administration took office.Spiffy J/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Heavy teaching loads, shrinking university budgets and expanding workload expectations have fueled stress and burnout among professors and other university employees in recent years.

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