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Ethical College Admissions: MIT, Diamonds in the Rough and the Testing Culture Wars
Will MIT change and challenge the test-optional movement? Jim Jump considers the possibilities.
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A Good Bookstore Is Hard to Find
Scott McLemee reviews Jeff Deutsch’s In Praise of Good Bookstores.
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College Is About to Get Its Own Tea Party
Unless colleges and Democrats take pre-emptive action, the Biden administration’s student loan moratorium qua forgiveness could easily lead to a Republican war on higher education.
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Measuring University Impact
New rankings measure institutions on their contributions to meeting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, Phil Baty writes.
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Dialogue, Not Debate
To create a productive climate for hard campus conversations, consider shifting the focus from debate to dialogue, Megan Halteman Zwart writes.
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The AAUP Explains Antisemitism and Gets It Wrong
The AAUP compromised its political neutrality in taking sides in the contested debate over the definition of antisemitism, Cary Nelson and Steven Lubet write.
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Afflicting the Comfortable
Michael W. Klein remembers Michael A. Olivas, a mensch of a mentor and a colossus in the worlds of higher education and immigration law.
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The End of Faculty Tenure
Marc Stein argues declines in tenure density constitute the greatest threat U.S. higher education has ever faced.