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Colleges Get an F on the ‘F’ Factor
Strong relationships with their fathers can empower female students, yet colleges often aren't adequately attuned to them and overlook their importance, writes Linda Nielsen.
Diversity and Inclusion Are Not Enough
Simply adding race to the list of differences equally targeted in a diversity strategy won't eradicate the systemic racism that marginalizes -- and kills -- black Americans, writes Benjamin D. Reese.
Service in Exchange for Tuition
By having people of all backgrounds, ethnicities and geographical regions work together, a federal loan-for-service program might help heal our deep national divide, argues Roger Hull.
Of Bondholders, Bankers and Burgeoning Debt
One of the not-so-openly-discussed motivations that colleges have for opening this fall may be the billions of debt they've amassed for dorms and dining halls, James Finkelstein argues.
We Shouldn’t Give Up on Literacy-Based Learning
In the push for active and learner-oriented instruction, let’s not abandon classic methods of reading, writing and lecturing, Matt Ayars argues.
Not a Blank Check
To attract more international students in the future, colleges must start seeing them not as revenue generators but as providing an opportunity for intercultural learning, argues Ryan P. Deuel.
The Current Plight of International Students
Kavita Daiya explains why American colleges need to help international students (and their own bottom lines) now.
Are Campus Leaders Prepared for the Impact of the Racial Crisis?
Many colleges have not meaningfully addressed their own histories of exclusion and must work harder to engage in racial healing, write Adrianna Kezar, Sharon Fries-Britt and Lorelle Espinosa.