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Transparency in Admissions
To protect diversity on campus, the Education Department must expand its data collection in three key ways, James Murphy writes.
A Tale of 2 Rons
In waging war on higher education, Florida governor Ron DeSantis is following a playbook written by Ronald Reagan in California, Ethan W. Ris writes.
Advocacy Is Missing in College Applications
Counselors can do much more to help good students get into good colleges, writes John Morganelli Jr.
What the Accreditation Naysayers Don’t Understand
If you want a higher ed reboot, you’re going to need the accreditors, Lawrence Schall writes.
A Studied Ignorance
Scott McLemee reviews Peter Burke’s Ignorance: A Global History.
Opinion
For Military and Higher Ed, a Shared Dilemma
With their challenges well aligned, higher ed and the military should work together to reduce the opportunity costs of volunteering for military service, Mike Haynie writes.
The Kids Aren’t All Right—but Hope Can Help
Colleges have a role in cultivating hopefulness in a generation of young people suffering the mental health effects of the pandemic and political conflict, Sian Beilock writes.
Is It Time to Get Admissions Counselors Off the Road?
John Roberts reviews the trends and asks why they are still there.