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‘Principled Neutrality’

University leaders should refrain from commenting on political matters to protect free speech and their institutions’ missions, Daniel Diermeier writes.
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8 Ways Higher Ed Can Help Save Democracy

Higher ed has an important role to play in addressing the most important issue of our time: the attack on voting rights, William G. Tierney writes.
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Third-Way Civics

Trygve Throntveit and Peter Levine discuss a new, adaptable model for undergraduate civic education.
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Discomfort Is Still Legal

Journalists and scholars regularly mischaracterize legislation against critical race theory, wrongly implying that discomfort-creating lessons are illegal, Peter Minowitz writes.
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Helping Prospective Students See Themselves on Campus

With some students not able to make it to campus for an in-person tour, colleges must ensure their virtual tours offer a clear sense of what the campus is like, says Mary Kreta of the University of Montana.
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College Can’t Level the Playing Field (by Itself)

Rather than place unrealistic expectations on colleges, advocates for college opportunity should prioritize investments in children, Sandy Baum and Michael McPherson write.
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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.