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A Valentine’s Day Card Without the Love
The Feb. 14 Dear Colleague letter features some questionable assumptions and false equivalences, Jim Jump writes.
The Attempt to Destroy Columbia
The Trump administration has the symbolic fight it wants, Brian Rosenberg writes.
What If 2% of a Harvard Gift Went to an HBCU?
With higher ed facing a hostile political climate, rich colleges should share their wealth with needier institutions, Eric Weinberger writes.
Anti-DEI Rhetoric Does Not Equal Legal Reality
The anti-DEI movement sounds like a row of cannons, but its legal attack is a rifle shot based on one provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Dan Currell writes.
Ed Data Goes Dark: Why It Matters
Cuts to the Institute of Education Sciences are part of an authoritarian playbook, Robert Ubell writes.
Free Speech Matters. So Does DEI.
Students can’t speak and debate freely without inclusion and belonging, Michael S. Roth writes.
Lessons Learned From a College Closure
In part three of a three-part series, former senior leaders at Cabrini University offer advice for navigating a closure, including ideas for how neighboring institutions can help—and not hurt.
Presidents Are Staying Busy, Not Silent
Just because presidents may not be speaking out, that doesn’t mean they aren’t advocating for the sector and their students behind the scenes, Mary Dana Hinton writes.