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Another Look at Equity Issues

Don Hossler, Jerry Lucido and Emily Chung consider legacy preferences, early decision and other issues and draw attention to a key fact: the limited number of slots at elite institutions.

Public Engagement Is a Two-Way Street

Claiming that academics are failing to engage with the general public is intellectual laziness at best and anti-intellectual posturing at worst, argues Adam Kotsko.

Why We Should Drop Football

In a letter to trustees, Rachel Toor explains why a university should take its students out of harm’s way.

Feeding a Dangerous Fiction

University crackdowns on speech hurt everyone, writes Christopher Newfield, and renew a false, decades-old depiction of campuses as overrun by censorious radicals.

More Institutional Support for Animal Research Is Needed

It protects scientists and advances the discovery of promising treatments that can improve the lives of both people and animals, writes Mar Sanchez.

Beyond PowerPoint Presentations

Amy Rottmann and Salena Rabidoux recommend these free, easy-to-use presentation tools to improve student outcomes in online courses.

A Dangerous Precedent

Policies that punish student protesters reinforce institutionalized white supremacy, argues Charles H. F. Davis III.

Meeting the Enemy

Colleges shouldn’t deem certain speech to be off-limits, writes Walter M. Kimbrough.