Filter & Sort
The Higher Education Act Turns 60—and Congress Has Left It to Collect Dust
We need a comprehensive reauthorization, not policy by patchwork.
It’s Time to Pull the Fire Alarm
Higher ed must take decisive action to counter the Trump administration’s harmful immigration policies.
Would We Rather the Humanities ‘Be Ruined Than Changed’?
Yes, the humanities are in crisis—but enough with the hyperbole already.
The Push for Viewpoint Diversity Misses the Point
What matters is not a mere diversity of views on campus but rather our disposition toward different ideas.
Collective Punishment, Early Decision Edition
Punishing every student at a school because a single student broke an early-decision commitment is poor form.
It’s Not Enough to Say No to the Compact
Colleges must take the challenge to address affordability seriously—or else cede the issue to Trump.
Who Is the Monster?
We have created an educational system that too often breeds academic dishonesty.
Loan Forgiveness Becomes a Tool for Authoritarianism
The unaffordability of college makes it easier for President Trump to build up ICE and advance an authoritarian agenda.