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Ethical College Admissions: Vanity Fare

What does a critique of college admissions really say, asks Jim Jump.

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What the Faculty Needs to Know About the History of American Higher Education

Why illiteracy about American higher education exceptionalism matters.

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Opinion

When Faculty Face Violent Threats

Police came to his door to tell him a former student wanted to kill him. Adam S. Ward shares what he learned from the experience for fellow researchers and their institutions.

A Black male student in a graduation gown and mortarboard stands next to a light-skinned woman with gray hair who is also wearing academic regalia.
Opinion

Welcome, Transfers! Prioritizing Students Coming From Community Colleges

Fixing the transfer system requires a changed collective mind-set and involves actions such as committing to accept both lower- and upper-division transfer credits, writes Lisa Vollendorf, president of Empire State University.

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Opinion

The Benefits of a Presidential Teach-In

Patrick Sanaghan and Mary Dana Hinton offer an onboarding strategy for a new president and other senior leaders in which they become the students.

Opinion

Friday Fragments

Out-of-state tuition, skies like milky coffee and the launch of The Boy.

A female Navajo high school student sits at a desk in a classroom, smiling at the camera, her pencil poised over an exam.
Opinion

Indigenous American Scholarships May Fall Short

Some recent scholarship programs for Indigenous American students don’t live up to the hype, Gresham D. Collom writes.