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Mindful Pleasures
Scott McLemee explores upcoming university press books on intellectual vitality.
Getting Campuses Ready for the Coronavirus
What should leaders be doing to prepare their colleges if the situation worsens? Chuck Staben offers suggestions.
The Case Against Education as Usual
College is still a promising investment, but the increasingly dynamic labor market requires a much more deliberate emphasis on the soft or human skills that we often claim to be cultivating passively, argues Terry McDonough.
An Open Letter on Student Debt
Our students deserve better than the mess our lending policies have created, 73 scholars write.
FAFSA for All
Requiring it would increase the chances that more low-income students go on to college as well as significantly improve the ability of the federal government to make good policy, argues Catharine B. Hill.
The New Ground Rules for Admissions
The Justice Department has failed colleges and students, writes John L. Mahoney.
Ethical College Admissions: Early Decision De-Commitment
The rules are different, putting counselors in an awkward situation, writes Jim Jump.
The Angry Brigade
Scott McLemee reviews a crop of upcoming books focused on anger.