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Legacy Admissions Is Still Under Attack

While few colleges have moved in recent years, student groups have taken up the issue, writes Christoph Baker.

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Accreditors Can Hold the Line

It may fall to accreditors to hold colleges accountable to long-standing principles of academic freedom and institutional independence, Lawrence Schall writes.

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Accreditors as Referees

Don’t hate on higher ed’s refs: an accreditor’s role is to enforce the rule book for academic freedom and institutional autonomy, Jamienne Studley writes.

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The New Era of Regulatory Overreach

Proposed changes to the Education Department’s definition of third-party servicers would stifle innovation and increase costs to colleges and students, Representative Virginia Foxx writes.

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Reclaiming Ruralisms

In devaluing rural identities and language, higher ed alienates rural communities, Samantha Nousak and Sarah D. C. Harvey write.

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College Is the Real World

The myth that colleges somehow exist apart from the “real world” lies at the center of the many challenges facing higher ed today, Karen E. Spierling writes.

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Event Promotes Comprehensive Strategies for Student Mental Health

Psychologist Rachel Goldsmith Turow recaps challenges and ideas for supporting students that came out of the 2023 Depression on College Campuses conference.

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Why We Need Applied Humanities

Applied humanities courses or modules have much to offer students studying STEM, Kathryn Strong Hansen writes.