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Opinion

Designing Scholarships With Intention

Choices in scholarship design and administration can determine whether scholarships open doors for students or (unintentionally) close them, Krista Chronister and tia north write.

Woodburn Hall at West Virginia University.
Opinion

A Liberal Education in Name Only

A liberal arts education means something, and colleges that slash programs should stop using the term in their promises to students, Christopher A. Snyder writes.

Opinion

New Barriers for Community Colleges

Community college transfer pathways are disrupted by the Supreme Court’s decision to end affirmative action.

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Opinion

Learning to Live With Disability in Grad School

Universities and departments should provide more resources for faculty, administrators and students to better understand, identify and accommodate invisible ones, writes Zachary Clary.

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Opinion

Who Can Speak? Between Power, Silence and Complicity

As the Israel-Palestine conflict escalates, faculty members are fearful of speaking up, Reshmi Dutt-Ballerstadt and Johnny E. Williams write.

Book jacket for James L. Shulman's "The Synthetic University: How Higher Education Can Benefit From Shared Solutions and Save Itself."
Opinion

Can Cost Sharing Save Higher Ed?

Glenn Altschuler and David Wippman review James L. Shulman’s The Synthetic University: How Higher Education Can Benefit From Shared Solutions and Save Itself.

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Opinion

Writing Professional Letters of Recommendation

Nearly every educator will be asked to write such letters during their career, and Steve Baule recommends several key items to include.