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A Call for Moderate Voices on DEI

The silence of moderates is what has gotten us to this point, Chris Cooper writes.

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A Very Bad Proposal for Pell

Diane Auer Jones argues that the proposal to tie full Pell Grant eligibility to a 15-credit load will decrease completion rates and deter low-income students from STEM-related fields.

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Opinion

Please Plagiarize My Work

In an AI era, a preoccupation with issues of credit and citation limits the reach of our research, Kevin Frazier writes.

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Opinion

A Call for College Application Innovation

AI opens up new avenues to allow applicants to present themselves creatively, Brennan Barnard writes.

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Opinion

NIL Risks Entrenching Gender Inequities

NIL promised new opportunities for female athletes, but without action the benefits will keep flowing disproportionately to men, Ajah Hawley-Alexander writes.

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Constructive Engagement

Mark Zupan recounts a constructive exchange with an alumnus and higher ed critic.

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Opinion

They Don’t Want to Learn About the Middle East

Being canceled by my hometown library speaks to the incredible breadth of censorship faced by Middle East scholars, Alex Boodrookas writes.

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Opinion

This Will Not Be a Normal Summer

Faculty may want a break, but the architects of the assault on higher ed won’t be breaking and neither should we, Jennifer Lundquist and Kathy Roberts Forde write.