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Opinion

Guiding Growth: Crafting Feedback That Empowers Learners

With fairness and equity in mind, professors should provide both constructive student feedback and insights on what they’re doing well academically.

Marc Rowan, a white man with dark hair, seated, in front of a blue wall that bears the name of the event, the Forbes Iconoclast Summit.
Opinion

It’s Not Donor Control: It’s Donor Activism

Withholding funds over antisemitism worries is a form of activism in line with higher ed’s mission, Noah D. Drezner writes.

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Opinion

Direct Admissions: Too Late and Too Little

To boost college enrollment, interventions should be happening much earlier, Donald Hossler writes.

A drawing of an obviously stressed-out and overwhelmed female college student lying down, one hand on her head, and surrounded by notebooks and books.
Opinion

The Liberal Arts’ Role in Mental Health

Discouraging students from studying fields they’re drawn to isn’t helping their mental health, Rosario Ceballo writes.

The book jacket for Dipesh Chakrabarty's "One Planet, Many Worlds: The Climate Parallax."
Opinion

‘One Planet, Many Worlds’

Scott McLemee reviews Dipesh Chakrabarty’s One Planet, Many Worlds.

A pro-Israeli protester holds an Israeli flag unfurled. In front of her, hands can be seen holding pro-Palestinian signs, including one that reads “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.”
Opinion

From the Ivies to UC, Campus Speech Should Be Free

Colleges are hypocritical in their handling of offensive speech, but the answer isn’t to expand the range of punishable utterances, Alex Small writes.

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Opinion

The Endangered Right to Assemble on Campus

Suppressing pro-Palestinian protests does a disservice to the future of American politics, Tabatha Abu El-Haj writes.

Faded paintings of the Israeli and Palestinian flags on a brick wall, marked by blood splatters.
Opinion

The Abuse of Scholar Activism

Ideologically driven scholar activism contributes to campus antisemitism, Rebecca Cypess writes.