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Make Community Colleges More Joyful

The focus on incentivizing full-time enrollment has left many students’ needs unaccounted for and their college experiences lacking in joy and meaning, Robin G. Isserles writes.

Equity Gaps Are an Expensive Problem

Colleges have both a moral and a financial stake in closing gaps in student outcomes across racial and ethnic groups, Haroon Atcha writes.

Canceling Debt Is a Start—but Only a Start

Biden’s student loan forgiveness, while welcome, barely scratches the surface of what’s needed to address higher education affordability and access, Jamie Merisotis writes.

Online Does Not Mean Isolated

And in person may not mean connected: Maha Bali, George Station and Mia Zamora discuss building community in an online conference or professional development series.

A Federal-State Partnership for Higher Ed Funding

The federal government can play a role in reducing public college costs by establishing a flexible matching grant program, Kevin Miller writes.

Affirmative Action Is Probably Dead: Now What?

Antar Tichavakunda and Suneal Kolluri review the options for those who worry about the Supreme Court’s possible decision.

Our House Is Burning

Traditional approaches to civic education are not sufficient to counter the urgent threats to American democracy, Eric Mlyn writes.

‘Professor of Apocalypse’

Scott McLemee reviews Jerry Z. Muller’s Professor of Apocalypse: The Many Lives of Jacob Taubes.