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Charlie Kirk, wearing a white T-shirt that says "FREEDOM" in black letters, looks toward the crowd, a slight smile on his face, during a Sept. 10 event at Utah Valley University, where he was later shot and killed.

In Defense of Distasteful Faculty Speech

The wave of faculty firings following Charlie Kirk’s killing is a dangerous development for First Amendment principles, Nicholas Creel writes.

A photo of New River Gorge National Park, in West Virginia, taken April 7, 2021: an empty road passes between strands of bare trees with a mountain in the distance.

From the Holler to Higher Ed: A TRIO Story

Cuts to federal TRIO programs would be devastating to students who come from backgrounds like mine, Zachary Jenkins writes.

A drawing of six Chinese students looking somber in front of the Statue of Liberty.

Visa Chaos: What 6 Chinese Students Say

A graphic narrative written and drawn by Rivi Handler-Spitz.

President Trump, standing in front of an American flag and speaking into a microphone, holds a booklet that says "Foreign Trade Barriers" at an April 2 White House event.

Trump’s ‘Beautiful’ Tariffs and Higher Ed

Tariffs will likely put more pressure on financial aid budgets even as income inequality can be expected to grow, Catharine Hill writes.

A photo of a professor and a student engaged in a conversation in the professor's office.

Course Correction

Asking students to interview faculty before they sign up for classes is a practice more colleges should try, Nicolaus Mills writes.

A photo of an American flag waving in front of the U.S. Capitol.

What’s So Conservative About Civics, Anyway?

Eric Hartman asks how colleges can move civics education beyond this hyperpartisan moment.

The facade of the U.S. Department of Education building in Washington, D.C.

The Ed Department Hasn’t Even Begun to Fight

Thanks in part to Biden-era regulatory changes, the Trump administration has a powerful set of tools it could use to threaten institutional eligibility for federal student loans, Jonathan Helwink writes.

A close-up of a form that says "First-Year Admissions Application," with a pen lying on top of it.

RIP Landscape: Why Did College Board Kill Its Best Admissions Product?

The end of Landscape is a loss for efforts to broaden economic diversity, Julie J. Park writes.