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The Agenda Behind Accreditation ‘Reform’
Accreditation does need reform, but the Trump administration seeks to weaponize it to push an impoverished vision for higher ed, Jeremy D. Penn writes.
A Return to Racial Quotas in Admission?
The Trump administration seems to view “too many” Black and Hispanic students at a selective college as cause for suspicion, David Hawkins writes.
What AI Can’t Read: Ambiguities and Silences
By using AI for a task for which it is particularly ill-equipped—analyzing the testimony of Holocaust survivors—students deepen their own thinking, Jan Burzlaff writes.
Embracing the Arc of Time
Everything feels urgent, but good things in higher ed take a long time to develop, Mark L. Putnam writes.
Is the Partnership for American Innovation Gone?
Robert A. Brown warns that the U.S. risks an innovation winter.
Our Debate Over Higher Ed Has Lost the Plot
We need to reorient the national conversation, Lynn Pasquerella writes.
How I Lost Faith in My University’s Mission
Cynthia Stark explains why she is no longer proud to teach at the University of Utah.
Lessons of the Pen
For Rob Franciosi, coming to the fountain pen later in scholarly life has been a revelation.