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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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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.

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It’s Not 2008 Anymore

With recession risks rising, higher ed faces very different circumstances than it did during the Great Recession, Daniel A. Collier and Michael Kofoed write.

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Decision Days

Low-income students have the most to lose if current proposals to gut student aid and access programs become law, William Craft writes.

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Turing’s Milestone, Graduation’s Microphone

The Class of 2025 is entering a world fundamentally changed by AI—so Matthew Brophy proposes sending them off with an AI-authored commencement speech.

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Actions Now, Consequences Later

Yes, higher ed has problems, but future generations will not thank us if we tear down the system, David R. Harris writes.

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The Agenda Behind Accreditation ‘Reform’

Accreditation does need reform, but the Trump administration seeks to weaponize it to push an impoverished vision for higher ed, Jeremy D. Penn writes.

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A Return to Racial Quotas in Admission?

The Trump administration seems to view “too many” Black and Hispanic students at a selective college as cause for suspicion, David Hawkins writes.