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Opinion

Don’t Roll Back Progress on Textbook Affordability

Course material costs have been coming down, but an Education Department proposal puts that progress in jeopardy, Eric Weil and Michael Moore write.

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Opinion

The Problem With Participation Grades (and How to Solve It)

The benefits are well documented, but the practice can be subjective and prone to instructor biases, warns Anna Broadbent.

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Opinion

‘The Uninhabitable Earth’ and the Adaptable Campus

Climate change and higher education’s built environment.

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Opinion

Rethinking Respect

Colleges can help students cultivate civic respect—a value more easily affirmed than granted in our polarized climate, Jeff Spinner-Halev and Elizabeth Theiss-Morse write.

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Opinion

Student Visa Denials Threaten U.S. Competitiveness

College leaders should focus immigration lobbying efforts on state lawmakers, in addition to federal ones, Samba Dieng writes.

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Opinion

Ensuring International Students’ Career Success

Sherry Wang and Merab Mushfiq offer several strategies to help international students overcome the challenges their North American peers don’t confront as often.

Opinion

Revolutionary Ideals and Black Realities

The untold story of America’s founding.

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Opinion

Negotiating in a Protest Encampment

George R. Boggs shares what he learned years ago that remains relevant now, as well insights from today's context that he wish he'd known then.