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The Future of Science in an Uncertain Era
The Trump administration fails to realize that the scientific enterprise is an economic multiplier with extraordinary reach, creating jobs from the lab to the land, writes David M. Lodge.
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Don't Just Defend Science, Mobilize It for the People
While science is under attack, it could be an opportunity to advance a much stronger vision of how it can serve the common good, writes Sigrid Schmalzer.
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The Problem With College Governance? Alumni
Higher education institutions should stop filling their boards with donors and instead recruit unaffiliated people with expertise in the areas they need help in, Ryan Craig and David Friedman argue.
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Survey Results Say … There’s a Disconnect
Presidents can use a reality check when it comes to the good and not-so-good circumstances and events occurring on our campuses, writes Kevin Kruger.
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Make History
Wick Sloane challenges the college leaders at this weekend’s annual meeting of the American Council on Education: fight for low-income students.
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Turbulent Times for Enrollment Leaders
Peter Farrell offers a few established strategies that can help you find your students and meet your enrollment and revenue goals -- even in this unpredictable moment.
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Why Online Costs Less, Not More
Robert Ubell critiques a new study on the costs of face-to-face and online higher education.
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Taking on the Alt-Reich
Hitler's American Model: the United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law, by James Q. Whitman, brings into full view the U.S. Immigration Act of 1924's place in the context of Nazi theory and practice, writes Scott McLemee.