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It’s Time to Help Students Vote in a Pandemic

While colleges must avoid partisanship, they should do everything they can to ensure that students get all the information they need to participate in the upcoming election, writes Gary Orfield.

Advancing Equity in the Investment Sector

As college leaders reflect on their institutions’ roles in perpetuating systemic racism, they should consider where endowment funds are invested, Kerin McCauley writes.

The Disciplinary Trench

What if there were no academic departments? David V. Rosowsky and Bridget M. Keegan explore the possibilities.
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The SAT and Systemic Racism

One only needs to review the test's history, writes Bruce G. Hammond.

Colleges Must Attend to 3 Crucial Areas

In higher ed's pivot during COVID, let's focus on them to ensure quality and equity -- and avoid repeating past mistakes, writes Debra Humphreys.

O-Rings, Groupthink and Campus Reopenings

College officials figuring out how to bring students back to campus resemble the Challenger engineers tasked with building a rocket to fit political considerations, Janet Murray argues.

To Open or Not: Case Study in Strategic Decision-Making

How can college leaders come to such different decisions about reopening their campuses? Because we all have blind spots in our decision-making processes, and need to strive to mitigate them, Paul Friga writes.

Silence Welcomes Back Two Campus Epidemics

As colleges and universities reopen, COVID-19 will collide with the pre-existing mental health crisis -- and we need to talk about it, argues Rebecca Harrison.