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Colleges Should Abandon Early Admissions

The disadvantage they confer on low-income students is a fatal flaw, argues Harold O. Levy.

‘Suspicious Minds’

Rob Brotherton’s Suspicious Minds illuminates how Trump’s affinity for the conspiratorial mind-set forms the bedrock of his very existence as a political figure, writes Scott McLemee.

Compassion Is No Substitute for Competence

Higher education institutions are woefully unprepared to handle the complexity of rape cases, argues Ted Gup.

Swimming Against the Current

Samuel J. Abrams’s research demonstrates that, far from being a beleaguered and miserable minority, conservative professors are, in fact, quite happy in the academy.

Crossing the Gulf of the Two Cultures

As we in the humanities defend ourselves, we should not engage in the corollary of denouncing the sciences as unimportant.

Be Wary of the Details

While well intentioned, it’s apparent that the New York State tuition-free public college plan will not accomplish its desired goals, writes Robert Samuels.

Getting to “E Pluribus Unum”

Colleges should establish a national exchange program that gives students the opportunity to get to know people in other parts of the country and in different settings, writes David J. Smith.

Are You Scared of Your Students?

A professor wonders whether the classroom has become an unsafe space for the faculty.