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What Hampshire’s Closing Tells Us About the Need for Experimental Colleges

Hampshire stood out in a higher ed sector characterized by conformity.

By Noah Coburn

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Our Institutions Fumbled DEI; As Always, It Falls to Individuals to Do the Work

Many DEI trainings were nonscientific and ineffective. But the best of them were grounded in cognitive-behavioral strategies that we can still use in our practical, everyday work.

By William T. L. Cox

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25 Years Into the College Completion Movement: What We Did Right, and What We Should Do Next

Completion for completion’s sake can’t be the goal we build all our efforts around.

By Josh Wyner

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Lessons for the Silly Season

Why do colleges get commencement speakers wrong every year?

By Steven Poskanzer

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Rethinking Shared Governance

These systems can shield leaders from accountability.

By Ron Liebowitz

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Beyond Hampshire: What’s Next for Progressive Education

Hampshire’s closure speaks squarely to questions of what college is for.

By Zeke Bernstein

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The Academic Value of Trust

There’s good reason much of the public has lost trust in higher education.

By Justin P. McBrayer

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Trust Isn’t the Issue

What we actually have is a crisis of truth.

By Charlotte M. Canning