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What Algorithms Say About Affirmative Action

Race-blind approaches risk obscuring important information, Rachel Hong writes.

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The Beating Heart of Gen Ed

Critical thinking skills should be placed at the center of general education programs, Louis E. Newman writes.

The book cover of Afraid: Understanding the Purpose of Fear and Harnessing the Power of Anxiety, by Arash Javanbakht.

Fear Itself

Scott McLemee reviews Arash Javanbakht’s Afraid: Understanding the Purpose of Fear and Harnessing the Power of Anxiety.

A close-up of a person's hands holding a smartphone displaying the purple log-in page for an AI chat bot.

What Students Said About the Spring of ChatGPT

The growing adoption of AI by students is inevitable, and going into fall faculty will need to revisit their policies early and often, Ross Aikins and Albert Kuo write.

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Attacks on DEI Jeopardize College-Employer Partnerships

State restrictions risk undermining efforts to create a more racially equitable workforce, Kermit Kaleba and Kysha Wright Frazier write.

A diverse group of six young people sits together and looks at one of their smartphones, as if watching a video. They are all laughing and happy.

Talkin’ ’Bout Their Generation

They might not be preternaturally savvy, but at least the kids are all right, Alex Small writes.

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Courting Wealthy Students

The failure of colleges to expand access for students of color can’t be blamed solely on the Supreme Court—rather, it’s a result of colleges’ own aid choices, Mike Nylund writes.

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Looking Back on a Stormy Summer

The story of summer 2023 is one of declining access and opportunity, Mary Dana Hinton writes.