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Making a Case for Race-Based Scholarships
Race-based scholarships are a proven way to address systemic inequality, Noël Harmon writes.
Yet Another Year With Few Veterans at Selective Colleges
Wick Sloane’s annual survey finds, again, that most wealthy, highly selective colleges continue to disregard those the country has sent off to war on our behalf.
To Change the Financial Model, Look to Academics
It’s the CAO—not the CFO—who is best positioned to bring meaningful change to the financial model, Carol A. Moore writes.
Why Campuses Need Centers for Pluralism
Now more than ever, colleges must help students learn to cooperate across differences, writes Eboo Patel.
There’s No Safety in Playing It Safe
Those of us teaching about race and racism can’t appease our would-be government censors with minor course modifications. Instead, we must push back, Cyndi Kernahan writes.
Students: Sign Your Own Name
If students want to issue a statement, they should sign with their own names, rather than those of their organizations, Ellen Cosgrove writes.
My Last Rec Letter
The high school counselor’s letter of recommendation is an art form, Jim Jump writes.
Is Literary Studies Facing an Extinction Event?
Scott McLemee reviews Jonathan Kramnick’s Criticism and Truth: On Method in Literary Studies.