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Normalize the Gap Year
The gap year model is due for a reset, and admissions professionals have a role in helping make that happen, Carol Langlois and Becky Mulholland write.
The Case for Sustaining Undergraduate Research at Small Colleges
Primarily undergraduate institutions should not be left out of conversations over shifts in federal research funding, Andrea Chapdelaine writes.
The Great Divergence?
As some states move to regulate public colleges more like K–12 schools, we may be witnessing the start of an epic natural experiment in governance, Neal H. Hutchens writes.
The Meta-Lessons of College
These seven meta-lessons can help explain the partisan diploma divide, Michael Schwalbe writes.
IVF and the Leadership Gap for Women
Having left a senior role for the grueling process of IVF, Jennifer Jefferson writes that higher ed must do more to support those seeking to have children through nontraditional means.
The Erosion of Context in Admissions
The shift toward standardized metrics will make the selective college admissions process less fair, not more, Tara P. Nicola, Mandy Savitz-Romer and Julius DiLorenzo write.
Curators of Knowledge, Not Chaos
Universities cannot—and should not—platform every perspective, Gerardo Martí writes.
No, OPT Isn’t a Guest Worker Program
But if it were, it’d be a model one, James Kaemmerer writes.