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College Can’t Level the Playing Field (by Itself)

Rather than place unrealistic expectations on colleges, advocates for college opportunity should prioritize investments in children, Sandy Baum and Michael McPherson write.
Opinion

College Is About to Get Its Own Tea Party

Unless colleges and Democrats take pre-emptive action, the Biden administration’s student loan moratorium qua forgiveness could easily lead to a Republican war on higher education.
Opinion

A Good Bookstore Is Hard to Find

Scott McLemee reviews Jeff Deutsch’s In Praise of Good Bookstores.

Dialogue, Not Debate

To create a productive climate for hard campus conversations, consider shifting the focus from debate to dialogue, Megan Halteman Zwart writes.

Measuring University Impact

New rankings measure institutions on their contributions to meeting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, Phil Baty writes.

The AAUP Explains Antisemitism and Gets It Wrong

The AAUP compromised its political neutrality in taking sides in the contested debate over the definition of antisemitism, Cary Nelson and Steven Lubet write.

Afflicting the Comfortable

Michael W. Klein remembers Michael A. Olivas, a mensch of a mentor and a colossus in the worlds of higher education and immigration law.
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More Than FAFSA

Rebecca Vidra writes of her surprise at how much her daughter had to do to apply for aid.