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Why Racial Preferences Remain Wrongheaded

Those who defend them should consider whether they’d require them indefinitely and whether such a requirement is consistent with good race relations in the country America is becoming, argues Roger Clegg.

Ethical College Admissions: Trump and Other Parents Writing What They Shouldn't

Jim Jump writes that parents shouldn’t be finishing any part of their children’s applications.

Why Chief Academic Officers Should Also Be Chief Enrollment Officers

Matthew Poslusny writes that provosts should have responsibility for both recruiting and retaining students.

A Call for Curricular Coherence

Proliferating course offerings can overwhelm and confuse students and make a college education seem like a box-checking exercise rather than a cohesive and comprehensive intellectual endeavor, argues Loni Bordoloi Pazich.

Let's Trash Unsupported Course Requirements

Neither time or money should be wasted by requiring students to sit in large lecture halls, taking introductory-level courses from an arbitrarily-chosen bucket of courses, write Arthur "Tim" Garson Jr. and Robert C. Pianta.

Worse Than It Sounds

Megan McClean Coval warns of the dangers of Congress’s proposed cuts to the Pell Grant reserve fund.

Should We Be Worried About High School Grade Inflation?

James S. Murphy explores the question in light of a recent study on the topic.

What’s Wrong With the Attack on Amy Wax

While we may not agree with what she says, we in academe should defend her right to say it, argues Jonathan Zimmerman.