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The State of Higher Ed Amid ‘The Great Upheaval’
College leaders understand the need for change, but many are unclear what is necessary: for them, we offer the “five C’s,” Arthur Levine, Scott Van Pelt and Denny Meadows write.
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Reconsidering Extracurriculars in Admissions
To increase equity in admissions and reduce student stress, colleges should consider reducing the number of extracurricular activities applicants can list, Pearl Lo writes.
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The Great State School Student-Swapping Scandal
Student swapping across public flagships is America’s most expensive game of musical chairs, Ryan Craig writes.
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Election-Adjacent
Scott McLemee offers an overview of election-adjacent university press titles.
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Anti-Wokeism and the Vulnerability of Interdisciplinarity
Ethnic studies finds itself ill protected by disciplinary norms of academic freedom, Timothy Messer-Kruse writes.
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Preparing the Campus for a Controversial Speaker
Spencer D. Kelly and Yukari Hirata offer a case study for how they worked to build receptivity among students, faculty and staff to a controversial invited speaker.
![A group of disengaged, bored-looking students—one resting her head on her hand, and another with their head on the desk—in a university lecture hall.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_205_x_203/public/2023-05/GettyImages-847311278.jpg?itok=w_gPELR7)
Students Are Less Engaged; Stop Blaming COVID
As “digitally evolved knowledge workers,” our students engage differently than the generations before them; as educators, we need to adapt, Jenny Darroch writes.
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‘Every Brain Needs Music’
Scott McLemee considers music and the neurons that love it.
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