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‘Diversity Matters’
Editors discuss new book about a push by many Christian colleges to diversify their institutions.
Is Lenny Bruce Too Much for Brandeis to Handle?
Play about late comedian is called off amid student protests.
First Generation to the Ivy League
Author discusses her new book on transitions in admissions -- and beyond.
Retaliation Is Not a Right
Indiana appeals court sides with Purdue Calumet in professor’s free speech lawsuit.
It’s a Tough Job, but Somebody’s Got to Do It
Neither Penn State nor Johns Hopkins’s Peabody Institute enjoyed particularly strong shared governance within the last decade. Recent reform efforts hold promise.
Opinion
When Do You Feel Smart?
What would it look like, Christopher S. Travers asks, if we celebrated the effort, growth and resiliency of black men just as much as we did their GPAs?
Peer Review by Whom?
Rand Paul wants to add two people to every federal peer-review panel evaluating research proposals, charged with looking for value to taxpayers. Science advocates say idea would politicize federal funding of research.
‘The Doha Experiment’
New book by a former professor looks at the tensions and struggles behind what author describes as Georgetown’s “bold, important and interesting” experiment to bring American liberal education to Qatar.