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One group of billionaires seems to fly under the radar of policy planning and populist scrutiny—probably because they’ve been able to convince us of two questionable things, argues Laurie Essig.

​The bomb threats against historically Black colleges and universities last week are yet another instance of white supremacy and terrorism, David G. Embrick and Johnny E. Williams write.

The fact that students couldn’t find hidden money—even though its location was revealed in a professor’s syllabus—demonstrates a problem not with them but with our syllabi, writes Jonathan Beecher Field.

Based on their research into the needs of first-generation, low-income students, Josh Farris and Chi Chan share five best practices for meeting those needs.

Being a first-generation student is an asset, and families of these students can be partners in supporting success, writes Julie Carballo.

Antitrust enforcement will not result in lower prices for students, writes Phillip Levine.

Outside classes, incivility is escalating and eroding institutional culture, write David Wippman and Glenn C. Altschuler, who recommend four steps that campus leaders should take in response.

Scott McLemee reviews Rebecca R. Falkoff’s Possessed: A Cultural History of Hoarding.