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The Long Shadow of May 4, 1970
The lessons of Kent State should not go unremembered, Todd Diacon writes.
The Scholar-Magician
Scott McLemee reviews Anthony Grafton’s Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa.
No Country for Israeli Academics
Atar David writes that he no longer sees a place for himself, or other Israeli scholars, in U.S. academe.
Police Repression Is the Problem, Not the Solution
Moral bankruptcy and institutional authoritarianism best describe the increasingly violent campus climate for pro-Palestinian student activism, write Charles H.F. Davis III, Jude Paul Dizon, Jessica Hatrick, and Vanessa Miller.
Are We Repeating the Mistakes of the 1960s?
Police-based strategies for containing campus protests fail in balancing safety with student expression, Yalile Suriel writes.
Troubled FAFSA Rollout Hides Deeper Problems
The new FAFSA formula undermines the longtime goal of creating a better, fairer federal student aid process, Diane Auer Jones and Jim Blew write.
“How Can Values Be Taught,” Gaza Edition
Maureen E. Ruprecht Fadem asks what values universities are teaching through their silence on Gaza.
A MAGA Assault
Higher ed’s leaders need to push back on attacks from MAGA Republicans, not try to placate them, William M. LeoGrande and Scott A. Bass write.