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The Increasingly High Price of Confidentiality
University governing boards are taking extreme steps to keep secret the names of finalists for presidencies, writes Judith Wilde, sometimes even tapping campus police for help.
Ethical College Admissions: Affirmative Action Rollback
The Trump administration hasn't made it impossible for colleges to consider race in admissions, but it appears to be moving in that direction, writes Jim Jump.
It's Past Time to Ban the Box
Britain provides a model for what American colleges can do, writes Bradley D. Custer.
It's Time to Talk Sustainability
It's better for historically black colleges and universities to consider merging than to close in disgrace, argues Harry L. Williams.
Some Questions for Assessophiles
Alex Small takes issue with some of the approaches and aims of the assessment movement.
The Neglected Implications of Grant Culture
A requirement that research faculty members obtain grants to achieve tenure is, in some cases, patently unethical, argues Scott O. Lilienfeld.
A Mind at the End of Its Tether
Whether or not madness seems like the right word for such a state of mind, Barbara K. Lipska's The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind: My Tale of Madness and Recovery is likely to make a certain impression on the reader approaching middle age or well into it, writes Scott McLemee.