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Some Good News on Campus Veterans

There is progress amid the discouraging developments about the state of veterans on campuses, Wick Sloane writes.

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Making a Case for Race-Based Scholarships 

Race-based scholarships are a proven way to address systemic inequality, Noël Harmon writes.

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Yet Another Year With Few Veterans at Selective Colleges

Wick Sloane’s annual survey finds, again, that most wealthy, highly selective colleges continue to disregard those the country has sent off to war on our behalf.

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Opinion

To Change the Financial Model, Look to Academics

It’s the CAO—not the CFO—who is best positioned to bring meaningful change to the financial model, Carol A. Moore writes.

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Why Campuses Need Centers for Pluralism

Now more than ever, colleges must help students learn to cooperate across differences, writes Eboo Patel.

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There’s No Safety in Playing It Safe

Those of us teaching about race and racism can’t appease our would-be government censors with minor course modifications. Instead, we must push back, Cyndi Kernahan writes.

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Students: Sign Your Own Name

If students want to issue a statement, they should sign with their own names, rather than those of their organizations, Ellen Cosgrove writes.

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Opinion

My Last Rec Letter

The high school counselor’s letter of recommendation is an art form, Jim Jump writes.