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![A No. 2 pencil with a well-worn eraser lies atop a standardized test form with multiple choice bubbles. The three bubbles in the foreground of the picture read “SAT.”](/sites/default/files/styles/image_205_x_203/public/2023-12/Untitled%20design%20%28100%29.png?itok=4c1nLapq)
What Does ‘Test Optional’ Really Mean?
Should students submit scores? It’s hard for them to tell, a point of confusion that points to deeper problems, Ben Paris writes.
![A professional headshot of Antoinette “Bonnie” Candia-Bailey, a Black woman, who smiles widely.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_205_x_203/public/2024-01/dr-candia-bailey-banner.png?itok=Wzk5dFJY)
Dying to Be Heard?
Leah P. Hollis writes of the need to address workplace bullying after the tragic death of Antoinette Candia-Bailey.
![Two sides of a U.S. quarter, lying flat against a white background.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_205_x_203/public/2023-12/GettyImages-874982842.jpg?itok=4tjFgoXT)
CBE and Skills-Based Hiring: 2 Sides of the Same Coin
The rise of competency-based education responds to the growing demand from employers for skills-based hiring, Jillian Klein writes.
![An image of Jennifer Hochschild's tweet, which reads: "How about also [sic] scrutinize websites and c.v.’s, e. g. Rufo’s? The Harvard extension school has wonderful students—I teach them—but it is, admirably, open admission. Not what people usually mean by 'master’s degree from Harvard,' which Rufo has claimed. Hound him out of office??"](/sites/default/files/styles/image_205_x_203/public/2024-01/Hochschild_Tweet_2%20%281%29.jpg?itok=LNUwEOko)
Pretty Much the Only Thing I Learned From the Harvard Disaster
A social media skirmish points to problems in how colleges view continuing ed, Ryan Craig writes.
![Student protesters have unfurled a large banner that features the Palestinian flag's colors and reads “When people are colonized, resistance is justified.” More protesters can be seen in the background, some holding signs that say things like “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” and “resistance against colonization is a human right.”](/sites/default/files/styles/image_205_x_203/public/2024-01/GettyImages-1717376302.jpg?itok=Vn5j68Sd)
Are Students Embracing Ignorance? Or Violence?
Whether or not chanting students understand what “from the river to the sea” means, higher ed has failed them, Moti Mizrahi writes.
![Algebraic equations on a piece of paper, with a pencil lying atop.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_205_x_203/public/2024-01/algebra.png?itok=jip-xs8x)
In Defense of Remedial Math
Corequisite math isn’t for everyone, and remedial math can be transformational, Gerald Arnell Williams writes.
![The word "FAFSA" is written in black marker on a page in an open notebook, which lies next to a stack of U.S. currency and the corner of a laptop keyboard.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_205_x_203/public/2024-01/Untitled%20design%20-%202024-01-11T143120.389.png?itok=D_tZZReZ)
FAFSA Fiasco
Admissions counselors should exercise empathy and flexibility this cycle, Jim Jump writes.
![From left, four witnesses who testified during a congressional hearing Dec. 5 on antisemitism: Claudine Gay, then president of Harvard University, Elizabeth Magill, then president of University of Pennsylvania, Pamela Nadell, a professor of history and Jewish studies at American University, and Sally Kornbluth, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. All four women sit at a long witness table as they listen to questioning.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_205_x_203/public/2024-01/GettyImages-1833213741.jpg?itok=2MQXKBdL)
The Humiliation of Higher Ed
We’ve entered a new stage in the culture wars, Jennifer Ruth writes.
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