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How to Protect and Promote Campus Civility
Outside classes, incivility is escalating and eroding institutional culture, write David Wippman and Glenn C. Altschuler, who recommend four steps that campus leaders should take in response.
Leave the 568 Group Colleges Alone
Antitrust enforcement will not result in lower prices for students, writes Phillip Levine.
Next Week’s Community College Summit Agenda? Too Easy
Wick Sloane urges two-year-college leaders to turn up the pressure on Congress—and on themselves—to meet their students’ needs.
Opinion
Hoardicultural Studies
Scott McLemee reviews Rebecca R. Falkoff’s Possessed: A Cultural History of Hoarding.
Emergency Remote Instruction Is Not Quality Online Learning
Widespread misconceptions have arisen, write members of the National Council for Online Education, but when done correctly, online courses can be as effective as face-to-face ones.
Using an Antiracist Lens to Rethink Budgetary Norms
A college’s budget reflects its commitments, values, priorities and culture, write Peony Fhagen and Mateo Muñoz, who describe six common norms that should be revised.
Biological Essentialism Hurts All Athletes
Isaac Sederbaum responds to a recent Inside Higher Ed opinion piece on women and college sports, citing four major issues with it, including flawed research and bigotry.
How Crises Make Us Lead (and Feel)
Scott Cowen compares and contrasts the leadership required and shares key insights he gained while leading universities in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and during the COVID-19 pandemic.