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Opinion

The Compact to Destroy Academic Freedom

The fight against Trump’s totalitarian compact isn’t just a fight for the autonomy and freedom and preservation of American universities.

University Hall, the main academic building, on the campus of Ohio State University on Nov. 23, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio.

Under Anti-DEI Pressure, Ohio State Limits Conference Funds

The Education Department recently criticized Ohio State University’s involvement with a nonprofit that encourages people from underrepresented backgrounds to pursue doctorates. Now, OSU is rethinking other partnerships.

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Opinion

The Meta-Lessons of College

These seven meta-lessons can help explain the partisan diploma divide, Michael Schwalbe writes.

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Already Battered by Cuts, Researchers and Colleges Face Federal Shutdown Impacts

Two weeks into the government shutdown with no resolution in sight, higher ed associations and researchers say the inability of scientists to contact federal agency workers or get new grants approved is causing harm.

Cover of "A Practitioner's Guide to Faculty Affairs" next to a photo of the author, Reema Zeineldin.

How to Make Faculty Affairs Work at Any Institution

Reema Zeineldin has made a career in faculty affairs, and now she’s turned her and others’ expertise, alongside numerous case studies, into a practical manual for tackling this work.

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Opinion

4 Ways to Better Grade Team Projects

Simply grading the final group output is insufficient, Lauren Vicker and Tim Franz write.

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2 U.S. Academics Among Winners of Nobel Prize in Economics

Two American academics were among the three winners of this year’s Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of...
MIT President Sally Kornbluth next to a shot of the campus and text of an open letter to the government on the education compact proposed by President Donald Trump.

MIT Rejects Proposed Federal Compact

MIT is the first institution to reject a proposal by the Trump administration that would trade preferential treatment on federal funding for far-reaching changes.