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A Tale of 2 Rons

In waging war on higher education, Florida governor Ron DeSantis is following a playbook written by Ronald Reagan in California, Ethan W. Ris writes.
Opinion

Advocacy Is Missing in College Applications

Counselors can do much more to help good students get into good colleges, writes John Morganelli Jr.

What the Accreditation Naysayers Don’t Understand

If you want a higher ed reboot, you’re going to need the accreditors, Lawrence Schall writes.

A Studied Ignorance

Scott McLemee reviews Peter Burke’s Ignorance: A Global History.

For Military and Higher Ed, a Shared Dilemma

With their challenges well aligned, higher ed and the military should work together to reduce the opportunity costs of volunteering for military service, Mike Haynie writes.

The Kids Aren’t All Right—but Hope Can Help

Colleges have a role in cultivating hopefulness in a generation of young people suffering the mental health effects of the pandemic and political conflict, Sian Beilock writes.

Is It Time to Get Admissions Counselors Off the Road?

John Roberts reviews the trends and asks why they are still there.

Be a Gate Opener, Not a Gatekeeper

We teach students the rules for applying to grad school—but what if we committed, equally, to rewriting the rules that have historically excluded many students, Michael A. Hunt asks.