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8 Ways Higher Ed Can Help Save Democracy

Higher ed has an important role to play in addressing the most important issue of our time: the attack on voting rights, William G. Tierney writes.

Discomfort Is Still Legal

Journalists and scholars regularly mischaracterize legislation against critical race theory, wrongly implying that discomfort-creating lessons are illegal, Peter Minowitz writes.

Helping Prospective Students See Themselves on Campus

With some students not able to make it to campus for an in-person tour, colleges must ensure their virtual tours offer a clear sense of what the campus is like, says Mary Kreta of the University of Montana.

Ethical College Admissions: MIT, Diamonds in the Rough and the Testing Culture Wars

Will MIT change and challenge the test-optional movement? Jim Jump considers the possibilities.

College Can’t Level the Playing Field (by Itself)

Rather than place unrealistic expectations on colleges, advocates for college opportunity should prioritize investments in children, Sandy Baum and Michael McPherson write.

College Is About to Get Its Own Tea Party

Unless colleges and Democrats take pre-emptive action, the Biden administration’s student loan moratorium qua forgiveness could easily lead to a Republican war on higher education.

A Good Bookstore Is Hard to Find

Scott McLemee reviews Jeff Deutsch’s In Praise of Good Bookstores.

Dialogue, Not Debate

To create a productive climate for hard campus conversations, consider shifting the focus from debate to dialogue, Megan Halteman Zwart writes.