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A Veterans Day Marked by Disinvestment in Student Veterans
Federal policy changes and cuts, and now the government shutdown, put veterans’ educational opportunities at risk.
Let’s Talk About Hard Power: America’s Universities Are National Security Assets
We undermine them at our peril.
The Higher Education Act Turns 60—and Congress Has Left It to Collect Dust
We need a comprehensive reauthorization, not policy by patchwork.
It’s Time to Pull the Fire Alarm
Higher ed must take decisive action to counter the Trump administration’s harmful immigration policies.
Would We Rather the Humanities ‘Be Ruined Than Changed’?
Yes, the humanities are in crisis—but enough with the hyperbole already.
The Push for Viewpoint Diversity Misses the Point
What matters is not a mere diversity of views on campus but rather our disposition toward different ideas.
Collective Punishment, Early Decision Edition
Punishing every student at a school because a single student broke an early-decision commitment is poor form.
It’s Not Enough to Say No to the Compact
Colleges must take the challenge to address affordability seriously—or else cede the issue to Trump.