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AI for Empathy?
The most profound use for artificial intelligence on campus may stem from its ability to listen to students at scale, write Drew Magliozzi and Joel Lee.
A Future for the Humanities
David Steiner and Mark Bauerlein describe how such studies can best succeed and even flourish in the midst of our technocratic age.
Perilous Times
Clayton M. Christensen and Michael B. Horn write about why they stand behind their analysis that many private colleges are in trouble.
Tony Soprano, the Electoral College and Varsity Blues
The admissions scandal has Nicholas Soodik thinking about Meadow's college tour and the popular vote, among other things.
Ethical College Admissions: The Legacy of Alan Krueger
The late Princeton economist made an important contribution to understanding higher education, writes Jim Jump.
Authentic Problems
Scott McLemee reviews Maria Francesca Piazzoni's The Real Fake: Authenticity and the Production of Space.
A Force for Good in the World?
While they can still be proving grounds for national leaders, engines of regional development and refuges for humanitarian aid, many independent American universities abroad are barely getting by, Kyle A. Long writes.
Whose Freedom of Speech?
President Trump's executive order is all about protecting only certain kinds of speakers, argues Patricia McGuire -- those toward the right side of the political spectrum.