https://www.insidehighered.com/ en Fri, 05 Sep 25 03:00:00 -0400 https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/columns/small-world/2025/09/05/how-being-feline-escort-muslim-country-reaffirmed-my <p>Given her politics, profession and (hippie) parentage, Rachel Toor finds herself surprised to feel a surge of patriotism while traveling overseas.</p> Rachel Toor Fri, 09/05/2025 - 03:00 AM Small World https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/columns/small-world/2025/08/25/letter-region-my-mind <p>Last March, a speed-walk tour of our national museums provided an insight into what was in jeopardy. Now, it seems, we’ve already lost the work of a half century of scholarship.</p> Rachel Toor Mon, 08/25/2025 - 03:00 AM Small World https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/columns/small-world/2025/08/15/its-small-world-after-all <p><span>My take on the quirky and all-too-human realities of academic life, drawing on decades spent in publishing, admissions, the faculty trenches and now as a presidential confidante.</span></p> Rachel Toor Fri, 08/15/2025 - 03:00 AM Small World