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When Inclusion Carries a Price, Will Colleges Still Lead?
Even in the current policy and legal environment, colleges can still take steps to be inclusive of transgender athletes.
How Civil Rights Victories of the Past Turned Into Weapons of the Present
The use of civil rights law to suppress campus speech critical of Israel is the result of a 20-plus-year campaign to reinterpret Title VI.
We Say We Believe in Free Inquiry—but Our Classrooms Tell a Different Story
If we want to prepare students to participate in American civic life, we need to start teaching differently.
When the Employer Is the Financial Aid Office
With increased federal emphasis on workforce alignment, the time is now to make employer-sponsored educational assistance programs more robust and visible.
What Do Employers Mean by ‘AI Skills,’ Anyway?
A major survey shows students are anxious about career readiness in the face of AI—pointing to the need for more employer guidance.
When War Changes Global Higher Ed
Military conflict has always been an acknowledged but abstract risk for universities building branch campuses in the Middle East. Now that risk has become a reality.
Students Don’t Read Enough? Don’t Blame the Profs
Blame the jobs that compete for their time. Blame the messages our institutions are sending about what’s worth their time—and what the purpose of their degree is.
Fire First, Settle Later: Academia’s Troubling New MO?
Denying tenure-line faculty their legal rights comes with costs.