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Views From a Tumultuous Year for Higher Ed

Views essays in the year since Oct. 7 have spoken to the many challenges campuses have confronted.

Helping Students Navigate a Maze of Simulacra

In hyperreality, truth is a construct, fact is a matter of perception and the line between reality and fiction disappears.

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The Art of Giving a Credible Recommendation

Vanessa Doriott Anderson offers advice on a process that, if done well, should be anything but perfunctory.

How Congress Can Help Improve the Campus Climate

Lawmakers and college leaders all can take steps to combat hate.

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Opinion

A Call for Digital Literacy Across the Curriculum

Digital literacy skills are too important to relegate to the margins of the curriculum, Tahneer Oksman writes.

The Paradox of Modern Parenting

How a focus on children’s inner life created a culture of stress.

The American Talent Initiative Was Doomed From the Start

Helping low-income students compete better in a game rigged against them is never going to move the needle.

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Why Grad Schools Should Make the Case for Public Scholarship

Deborah J. Cohan offers seven reasons why grad schools should help students cultivate the ability to write for a larger audience.