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You Can’t Outsource Educational Leadership
Colleges shouldn’t rely on third-party providers to teach students fundamental skills in civil discourse, Eli Gottlieb writes.
Necessity Is the Mother of Innovation
Our current sociopolitical environment brings new urgency to the need to better support students who are single mothers, Aimée Myers writes.
Making Sense of MIT’s Diversity Decline
Jim Jump considers the drop in underrepresented racial and ethnic minority students in MIT’s new entering class.
Into the Fall
As the summer reading season comes to a close, Scott McLemee looks ahead to forthcoming university press releases.
In Defense of the AAUP’s Statement on Boycotts
John K. Wilson opposes academic boycotts but supports the AAUP’s controversial new statement nevertheless.
‘In Pursuit’: The Power of Epistemic Humility
Elizabeth H. Bradley and Jonathon S. Kahn ask if the breakdown of dialogue on campus is in part a reflection of how we teach.
A Model for Advancing Institutional Effectiveness via Undergraduate Research
To help scale traditional faculty/student models of undergraduate research engagement, institutional leaders can consider research peer mentoring, group-based programs and community-engaged research, write Brett H. Say and Caitlin Pingree.
Where Progressive Illiberalism Reigns
Litigation stemming from antisemitism on campuses shows that colleges must revive their commitments to freedom and tolerance, Austin Sarat writes.