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A gold plaque on a wooden background reads "Department of Ethnic Studies."

Anti-Wokeism and the Vulnerability of Interdisciplinarity

Ethnic studies finds itself ill protected by disciplinary norms of academic freedom, Timothy Messer-Kruse writes.

A wooden speaker podium and microphone, against a white background, with no speaker behind it.

Preparing the Campus for a Controversial Speaker

Spencer D. Kelly and Yukari Hirata offer a case study for how they worked to build receptivity among students, faculty and staff to a controversial invited speaker.

A group of disengaged, bored-looking students—one resting her head on her hand, and another with their head on the desk—in a university lecture hall.

Students Are Less Engaged; Stop Blaming COVID

As “digitally evolved knowledge workers,” our students engage differently than the generations before them; as educators, we need to adapt, Jenny Darroch writes.

Every brain needs music book cover

‘Every Brain Needs Music’

Scott McLemee considers music and the neurons that love it.

A female student in her 40s works on a laptop.

‘Laboratories of Affordability’

States are experimenting with a variety of financial aid programs to help adult learners, and we can learn a lot from what they’re trying, Rachel Hirsch writes.

A young female researcher conducts a biomedical experiment in a laboratory.

U.S. Must Invest in Emerging Scientists

Emerging scientists are increasingly leaving academe for far more lucrative jobs in industry, putting the future of the American biomedical research enterprise at risk, Dr. Kafui Dzirasa writes.

A wooden cube has a subtraction sign on one face and a subtraction sign on another. A hand flips the cube away from the addition sign in favor of the subtraction sign.

Leadership by Subtraction

We don’t ask often enough how we can effect change on our campuses by doing less, Sharon L. Gaber writes.

Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at a podium in front of the Florida state flag. A blue sign with white lettering on the podium reads: “Florida: The Education State.”

Not Just a War on ‘Woke’

Attacks on public higher education in Florida are part of the radical right’s broader antidemocratic agenda, Timothy V. Kaufman-Osborn writes.