Filter & Sort
Dos and Don’ts for Recruiting Diverse Students
Kerri Shook shares lessons from her research into student perceptions of institutional efforts to recruit racially and ethnically diverse students.
A Partial Lottery for More Equity
The most competitive colleges would benefit if they admitted some students largely by chance, writes Daniel R. Schwarz.
‘A Philosopher Looks at Digital Communication’
Scott McLemee considers Onora O’Neill’s book A Philosopher Looks at Digital Communication.
Purdue Must Restore Its English Program
Lucinda Coulter writes that future engineers and scientists need a robust English department, too.
Focus on the Basics in Virtual Tours
Colleges should expand online content plus campus visit opportunities, writes educational consultant Matthew Greene.
Humanities Scholars Can Make Their Papers Open Access Now
While shifting to open access is harder in the humanities, scholars should seize existing opportunities to archive papers in personal or institutional repositories, Rebecca Lea Morris writes.
How I Came to Love CRT Bans
Timothy Messer-Kruse points out (satirically) that bans on promoting “divisive concepts” can liberate professors to suppress supremacist ideas in the classroom.
Political Interference in Higher Ed Is Becoming Endemic
David Wippman and Glenn C. Altschuler write that the pandemic has helped fuel growing government intervention in higher ed.