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Stanford’s first-year program revives the concept of a shared curriculum without reigniting battles over Western civ and literary canons, Dan Edelstein writes in a response to Mark Bauerlein.

The humanities are thriving at science and technology–oriented universities, Richard Utz writes in a response to Mark Bauerlein.

It’s often impossible to tell how graduates of online programs fare, Robert Kelchen writes.

The peer-assessment system favors institutions that have done well for decades, write John Barnhill and Joe O’Shea.

Higher ed must stand against the real threats to free expression—the raft of legislation targeting the teaching of “divisive concepts,” Patricia McGuire writes.

In view of the “cancel culture” discourse, Jim Ryan and Ian Baucom of the University of Virginia write that universities should train students to be empathetic speakers and generous listeners.

Should there be more than two podiums, two gendered sets of record books? More could be done to recognize transgender athletes’ accomplishments, Ross Aikins writes.

To build leadership capacities and institutional resilience, colleges should engage in a process of structured reflection on their own pandemic histories, Suzanne Wilson Summers writes.