Filter & Sort
Focus on the Most Vulnerable
The most tumultuous spring in generations has exacerbated the challenges these already vulnerable groups face in succeeding in higher education, writes Jack Markell.
Ethical College Admissions: Testing’s Existential Crisis, or Blanche Du Bois, Confederate Statues and Admission Tests
Jim Jump writes that the problems facing the SAT and ACT go beyond the usual complaints.
Much Work to Be Done
Promoting fairness in admissions must mean more than killing the SAT, writes Anthony P. Carnevale.
A Dry Run at a Socially Distanced Classroom
We tried several simulations in advance of opening for the new semester, and here is what we learned, write Anna McLoon, Sarah K. Berke and other Siena College scholars.
Coping With COVID-19: Thoughts From the Other Side
Larry Braskamp offers his perspective on being infected with the coronavirus and offers suggestions for how to help others in academe who are struggling through it.
University Research Should Be Free to All
The research landscape has changed due to COVID-19. Let’s keep it that way, Janet Napolitano writes.
From the Ground Up
Scott McLemee reviews Reconstructing Democracy: How Citizens Are Building From the Ground Up by Charles Taylor, Patrizia Nanz and Madeleine Beaubien Taylor.
Building a Better Future Through the Pandemic
Colleges and universities have a responsibility to mitigate and direct its impacts in innovative and positive ways, writes Fernando M. Reimers.