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Museum Matters
Scott McLemee reviews Daniel H. Weiss’s Why the Museum Matters.
Opinion
Let’s Subsidize Intellectual Curiosity Again
The student debt and tuition crises won’t be solved unless we start treating higher education as a public good, Nicole Barbaro writes.
Oil Money Undermines Academic Autonomy
Universities should ban fossil fuel industry funding for research on climate change and energy, Jake Lowe and Connor Chung write.
Opinion
Higher Education: Burning or Bright?
Yes, many Americans question higher ed’s value, but college presidents are answering their questions in innovative and important ways, Eileen L. Strempel and Stephen J. Handel write.
Ethical College Admissions: Should Colleges Admit Students Who Haven’t Applied?
Some have started to do so, especially for low-income students. Jim Jump considers the issues.
Critical Reading Skills: An Urgent Challenge
A focus on improving students’ critical reading skills, while essential, is missing from many conversations about student success, Alice S. Horning writes.
Entangled and Enchanted
Scott McLemee reviews Kay Harel’s Darwin’s Love of Life: A Singular Case of Biophilia.
Why Not Both?
Both tenure and unions are crucial for protecting the rights of faculty and other academic professionals in American higher education, Irene Mulvey and Randi Weingarten write.