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Protect Taxpayers—and Students—From Costs of College Closures
Congress should require insurance to protect taxpayers from costs of loan discharges and to incentivize colleges to develop transfer plans for students in event of a closure, Preston Cooper writes.
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Moving Past Free Expression Theater
Students have a strong desire for constructive engagement across political divides—but are most afraid of blowback for their views from fellow students, a team of UNC researchers writes.
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Free Tuition
New Mexico’s free tuition law should stimulate a national conversation about why other states should pursue tuition-free higher education, Megan Bogia and Winston C. Thompson write.
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The Justice Department Has Worsened College Admissions
The agency never should have gone after NACAC, and we are all paying the price because it did, writes Jay Menees.
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Room for Improvement
Scott McLemee begins a two-part look at Mark Coeckelbergh’s books Self-Improvement: Technologies of the Soul in the Age of Artificial Intelligence and The Political Philosophy of AI.
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Targeted Loan Relief Doesn’t Work
The history of a student loan discharge program for people with disabilities clearly shows the need for automatic—as opposed to targeted—debt relief, Bethany Lilly and Persis Yu write.
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Who Cares About Character?
Character judgments of our public intellectuals matter, Nadya Williams writes in the aftermath of Joshua Katz’s dismissal from Princeton.
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The Forgotten Predominantly Black Institutions of Higher Ed
Predominantly Black institutions need more attention and funding, Kurt L. Schmoke and Zaldwaynaka Scott write.