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An illustration featuring 11 different employees carrying boxes heading toward the door, suggesting layoffs. They are following a beam of light out the door, while darkness surrounds them.

Sublimating the Grief of the Left Behind

Academic job loss really is different from other kinds of job losses, Deepa Das Acevedo writes.

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Opinion

Yes, Students Still Want to Go to College

Despite the doom and gloom, the data shows strong demand from students for college—let’s help them get there, Bill DeBaun writes.

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A Better Measure of Financial Health

The Trump administration should change how it evaluates the financial health of higher ed institutions, Ariel Sokol writes.

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Dear Colleagues: The Time for Boldness Is Now

In a letter to fellow faculty, Nolan L. Cabrera argues that self-censorship is not a strategy for self-preservation.

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Opinion

Banning DEI Is Catastrophic for U.S. Science

An attack on DEI is an attack on science itself, Joseph L. Graves Jr., Stacy C. Farina, Parvin Shahrestani, Vaughn S. Cooper and Gilda A. Barabino write.

A tablet with the word "ebooks" peeks out from a library shelf lined with physical books.

What Happens if Libraries Can’t Buy Ebooks?

Leo S. Lo writes that a shift from perpetual licenses to subscription-based models demands a strategic response.

Protesters marching at night in New York City hold a big banner that says "Release Mahmoud Khalil/Hands Off Our Students/ICE Off Our Campuses/Shut It Down 4 Palestine."

Old Laws, New Targets

Immigration enforcement has been used before to police student activism, David S. Busch writes.

In this historical black-and-white photo from a 1965 anti-war teach-in, a dense crowd of people in an auditorium sit in an audience, seemingly listening to a speaker with intense interest and focus.

A Way to Honor the Teach-in Movement at 60

It’s time for another national teach-in movement, Robert Cohen writes.