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Super HSIs: Recognizing a New Tier of Institutions
Federal funding should be targeted to those institutions that most effectively serve Latino students, not just those that enroll large numbers, Kim A. Wilcox writes.
Understanding Levels of First-Generationness
Not all first-generation students are alike, write Marjorie Darrah, Roxann Humbert and Gay Stewart.
Building Racial Dialogue in a Time of Backlash
It was no easy task to win approval for a brand-new Department of Race, Diaspora and Indigeneity at the University of Chicago, Leora Auslander and Adom Getachew write.
The Great Interruption
Bill Conley and Robert Massa wonder what COVID-influenced enrollment patterns portend for higher education.
Higher Ed as an Antiauthoritarian Force
Higher education can build appreciation for nuance and empathy and blunt the allure of authoritarian quick fixes, Jamie Merisotis writes in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Supporting Refugee Students’ Higher Ed Potential
The time is now for the Biden administration to act on establishing a new university sponsorship program for refugee students, Michael Crow and Leon Botstein write.
Goodbye Red Scare, Hello Ed Scare
Colleges must mobilize now against legislation to censor curricula and ideas, Jonathan Friedman writes.
Lessons From the Struggle Against the Old McCarthyism
Benjamin Mitchell-Yellin looks to the past to better understand the alarming present-day rise in attacks on what can and can’t be taught.