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Lessons for the Silly Season

Why do colleges get commencement speakers wrong every year?

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Rethinking Shared Governance

These systems can shield leaders from accountability.

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Opinion

Beyond Hampshire: What’s Next for Progressive Education

Hampshire’s closure speaks squarely to questions of what college is for.

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The Academic Value of Trust

There’s good reason much of the public has lost trust in higher education.

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Trust Isn’t the Issue

What we actually have is a crisis of truth.

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Workforce Pell Has (Nearly) Arrived; It’s Not What Was Intended

Many short-term programs won’t qualify, and the necessary data systems are lacking. These limitations are a matter of (statutory) design.

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Loan Caps Will Steer Students Toward Riskier Private Lending

The hope is that graduate loan caps will put pressure on institutions to lower costs. But the caps could cost students much more in the long run.

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The Future Is Creative

Yet the proposed accountability framework tying programs’ eligibility for federal aid to graduate earning outcomes puts the future of arts education at risk.