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Higher Education Needs More Affirmative Action, Not Less

The lesson of the recent case at Harvard University is that colleges and universities must do more to fully recognize their students as whole people, writes Margaret M. Chin.

Ethical College Admissions: Counseling vs. Coaching

The roles are not identical, writes Jim Jump.

Unreasonable Rules

Families didn't benefit from the restrictions NACAC placed on colleges, writes Mark Salisbury.
Opinion

Veterans Day, November 2019

In his annual column, Wick Sloane reports on how the nation's most selective colleges are faring on admitting undergraduate veterans. As ever, modestly better, but not so well.
Opinion

At Last, at Last, a Shining Exception

Syracuse University has purposefully increased its student veteran population -- a core element of its strategic plan.

Willful and for Itself, as Such

Scott McLemee reviews Willful: How We Choose What We Do by Richard Robb.

Prison: Where Undergrads and Inmates Take Classes Together

We can simultaneously improve students' learning experiences and enhance prisoners' opportunities, writes Jeff Schatten.

College Ranking Metrics Should Include Academic Freedom

Isn’t academic freedom a serious enough principle, Richard Ashford, Shampa Biswas and Mohan J. Dutta ask, for its violations to be reflected in some manner in those metrics?