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Fighting Campus Anti-Semitism Before It Explodes

It is not unreasonable to believe that something terrible could happen when activists with grievances return to campuses, warns Jeffrey Herbst, and colleges currently aren’t ready.

Not-So-Silent Reading

After testing numerous text-to-speech programs for both laptop and e-reader, Scott McLemee shares the results.

Lost Handshakes, Eye Contact and Flow State of Learning

President Marlene Tromp offers ideas on how to give what was lost during COVID online learning back to students.

Reverse Culture Shock, a Missing Piece of the Campus Puzzle

While our students may not be returning from abroad this fall, writes Luchen Li, they’re coming back to an unfamiliar place: their own campus.

Higher Education in a World of Singles

Universities differ from music labels, but they, too, rely on an economic model that exerts control over talent and forces consumers into a narrow set of choices, argues Steven J. Tepper.

Ethical College Admissions: College Athletics

Jim Jump considers issues of amateurism, academics and advancement.

Rethinking Policing as a Public Health Issue

A national network of research partnerships between universities and police departments could be a model for reform that benefits our entire society, William G. Durden and John W. Warren write.

COVID and the Rebirth of Educational Community

By tearing such communities asunder, the pandemic has thrown into sharp relief their immense value, writes Laura Marcus.