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Canceling Debt Is a Start—but Only a Start
Biden’s student loan forgiveness, while welcome, barely scratches the surface of what’s needed to address higher education affordability and access, Jamie Merisotis writes.
Online Does Not Mean Isolated
And in person may not mean connected: Maha Bali, George Station and Mia Zamora discuss building community in an online conference or professional development series.
A Federal-State Partnership for Higher Ed Funding
The federal government can play a role in reducing public college costs by establishing a flexible matching grant program, Kevin Miller writes.
Affirmative Action Is Probably Dead: Now What?
Antar Tichavakunda and Suneal Kolluri review the options for those who worry about the Supreme Court’s possible decision.
Our House Is Burning
Traditional approaches to civic education are not sufficient to counter the urgent threats to American democracy, Eric Mlyn writes.
‘Professor of Apocalypse’
Scott McLemee reviews Jerry Z. Muller’s Professor of Apocalypse: The Many Lives of Jacob Taubes.
Fighting the Good Fight
Not all is well in North Dakota: Anastassiya Andrianova offers a dispatch from the battle against legislation barring critical race theory in the Upper Midwest.
Why I Gave $25M to a Small Liberal Arts College
By giving to McPherson College in Kansas, Melanie Lundquist wants to inspire more donations to small liberal arts colleges, she writes.