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I Pledge $5,000 to My Alma Mater if It Will End Legacy Preferences

It's time to end any favoritism for alumni children in admissions, writes R. Guru Singh.

The Great Bundling of Work-Force Development

Colleges may be facing pressure to separate their credentialed learning from their other offerings, Ryan Craig writes. Our work-force development system, meanwhile, could learn a thing or two from higher education.

2020 Visions

Scott McLemee reviews some of the books now being published by university presses, many of which seem to predict our world in the upcoming decade.

Are Universities Political?

Higher education institutions aren't easily disentangled from politics, and to claim otherwise is not only false but dangerous, argue Inger Bergom and Spencer Piston.

Confronting the Columbus Murals

In the controversy at the University of Notre Dame, perhaps everyone has been standing too closely to see the whole work of art for what it is, argues Ryan Mas.

A President’s Renewed Respect for Tenure

Daniele Struppa’s years as a dean tested his support, but tenure’s protection of unpopular faculty views is essential in times like these, he writes.

Ethical College Admissions: The Walking Dead(lines)

What does it mean when application deadlines keep getting moved back, asks Jim Jump.

When the Applicant Is the Son of an Academic

Terri Givens writes that watching her son go through the application process gives her new worries about those who don't have access to information and guidance on the process.