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Polls Apart
Scott McLemee reviews two new scholarly books on the American electorate and its discontents.
Embracing the Value of College Math
Too many students walk out of such classes questioning whether they'll ever make it to graduation, argues Aaron Altose.
Using Technology to Help First-Gen Students
Colleges should put digital tools at the center of their programs for ensuring academic success of students who are first in their families to go to college, write Ana M. Martinez Aleman, Heather Rowan-Kenyon and Mandy Savitz-Romer.
He Said What?
President Trump's use of social media is overturning decades of conventional wisdom from scholars of communications and management and some anthropologists, writes Maurice Hall.
A Former President Reflects on Leadership
Susan E. Henking ponders how, in today's challenging environment, college presidents should fight to sustain the best of what higher education has been and can be.
In Defense of Viewpoint Diversity
It can help produce novel solutions to problems, counteract confirmation bias and expand the range of topics that researchers consider, writes Christopher Freiman.
Ethical College Admissions: Applying to Service Academies
It's time for a new approach, writes Jim Jump.
Python in Residence
Scott McLemee reviews John Cleese's new book, Professor at Large: The Cornell Years, a selection of lectures and colloquies from his time moonlighting as an Ivy League don.