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Standardized Tests Can Promote Rigor
Their use should be watched, but they shouldn't be eliminated, writes Matthew Pietrafetta.
The Character Moment in College Admission
It belongs as much as other factors, writes David Holmes.
Don’t Rely on Black Faculty to Do the Antiracist Work
Higher education leaders can do more than simply give lip service to the need to dismantle systemic racism, argues Shenique S. Thomas-Davis, who offers a number of recommendations.
BHL on COVID
Scott McLemee reviews Bernard-Henri Lévy's The Virus in the Age of Madness.
Do Colleges Need a Chief Diversity Officer?
When strategically and purposely positioned, funded and supported, such senior administrators can play a vital role in higher education institutions today, writes Eugene T. Parker III.
A Farewell Letter to DEI Work
Such departments, centers and divisions are spaces of impossibility -- they can't do the things they are tasked with, as they are not empowered to hold people accountable, writes Tatiana McInnis.
It’s Time to Help Students Vote in a Pandemic
While colleges must avoid partisanship, they should do everything they can to ensure that students get all the information they need to participate in the upcoming election, writes Gary Orfield.
Party Like Your Life Depends on It
To safely reopen this fall, faculty and staff must reinforce social norms that capitalize on students' natural tendency to want to do the right thing, argues Brendan Cushing-Daniels.