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Opinion
What the Accreditation Naysayers Don’t Understand
If you want a higher ed reboot, you’re going to need the accreditors, Lawrence Schall writes.
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Advocacy Is Missing in College Applications
Counselors can do much more to help good students get into good colleges, writes John Morganelli Jr.
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For Military and Higher Ed, a Shared Dilemma
With their challenges well aligned, higher ed and the military should work together to reduce the opportunity costs of volunteering for military service, Mike Haynie writes.
Opinion
The Kids Aren’t All Right—but Hope Can Help
Colleges have a role in cultivating hopefulness in a generation of young people suffering the mental health effects of the pandemic and political conflict, Sian Beilock writes.
Opinion
Be a Gate Opener, Not a Gatekeeper
We teach students the rules for applying to grad school—but what if we committed, equally, to rewriting the rules that have historically excluded many students, Michael A. Hunt asks.
Opinion
Is It Time to Get Admissions Counselors Off the Road?
John Roberts reviews the trends and asks why they are still there.
Opinion
Is a Merger a Closure by Another Name?
Extreme care must be taken to ensure the smaller college’s mission is preserved, Jim Murphy writes.