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How College Students Can Help Reopen America
States could use some of their federal stimulus funds to create corps of contact tracers in service-learning courses, Terry Hartle and David Stone argue.
A Time to Reflect on What College Should Be
The long-term survival of colleges and universities will hinge on their ability to deliver what matters most to students, employers and society, write Jamie Merisotis and Carrie Besnette Hauser.
Words Matter
Don't go test optional, and if you do, call it something else, writes Yoon S. Choi.
It’s Time to Reform the Clery Act
Thirty years after passage of the landmark law, it has become a bureaucratic mess that can do little to improve campus safety, even during a pandemic, argues Edward Davis, former police commissioner of Boston.
The Oceans of Outer Space
Scott McLemee explores Alien Oceans: The Search for Life in the Depths of Space by Kevin Peter Hand.
Fighting the Shadow Pandemic
The worldwide spread of COVID-19 has caused mass xenophobia, racism and discrimination, writes B. Venkat Mani, making the need for inclusive teaching all the more urgent.
Pushing Back Against Racism and Xenophobia on Campuses
MarYam Hamedani, Hazel Rose Markus and Paula Moya highlight five ways college educators can have more effective conversations about race.
STEM Equity and Inclusion (Un)Interrupted?
The pandemic will negatively impact the careers of women in STEM, particularly those of color, and failure to respond could jeopardize years of progress toward faculty equity, argue Stephanie A. Goodwin and Beth Mitchneck.