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Professors Are Not the Problem
The ‘viewpoint diversity’ movement ignores that professors aren’t just curators of readings –we’re experts in assessing arguments, Simon Feldman and Afshan Jafar write.
The Exploitation of Black Athletes
As March Madness begins, let’s acknowledge the racial exploitation behind college sports, Christian Collins writes.
et tu Yale and Brown (and UT-Austin)?
Jim Jump reflects on moves by three more universities to reinstate standardized test requirements.
A New College Lesson Plan for Improving Executive Functioning
Many students are coming to college with difficulties in basic tasks and life management skills, resulting in an inability to, for example, prioritize tasks effectively and get to class on time. Academic adviser Ana Homayoun offers four ways higher ed can support these students.
Between the Living and the Dead
Scott McLemee reviews Carl Öhman's “The Afterlife of Data.”
A Not-So-Sweet 16 Percent
We haven’t moved the dial on transfer student success, Eileen L. Strempel and Stephen J. Handel write.
A Case for Term Limits for College Leaders
Term limits would create conditions for more visionary and collaborative leadership, Binnur Ozkececi-Taner writes.
Milton’s Last Stand, in Florida
Richard Utz sees curricular nostalgia at work in Stanley Fish’s choice to teach Milton at the New College of Florida.