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What’s Wrong With Students? No—What’s Wrong With Us?
Rather than blame students for a lack of well-being, colleges should consider institutional factors that contribute to the student mental health crisis, Philip J. Rosenbaum and Richard E. Webb write.
Protect Taxpayers—and Students—From Costs of College Closures
Congress should require insurance to protect taxpayers from costs of loan discharges and to incentivize colleges to develop transfer plans for students in event of a closure, Preston Cooper writes.
Opening the Doors for Student-Faculty Connection
Due to the pandemic, current college students place higher value on personal connections with faculty, staff and peers, writes Laurel Bongiorno.
Moving Past Free Expression Theater
Students have a strong desire for constructive engagement across political divides—but are most afraid of blowback for their views from fellow students, a team of UNC researchers writes.
The Justice Department Has Worsened College Admissions
The agency never should have gone after NACAC, and we are all paying the price because it did, writes Jay Menees.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Free Tuition
New Mexico’s free tuition law should stimulate a national conversation about why other states should pursue tuition-free higher education, Megan Bogia and Winston C. Thompson write.
Room for Improvement
Scott McLemee begins a two-part look at Mark Coeckelbergh’s books Self-Improvement: Technologies of the Soul in the Age of Artificial Intelligence and The Political Philosophy of AI.
Targeted Loan Relief Doesn’t Work
The history of a student loan discharge program for people with disabilities clearly shows the need for automatic—as opposed to targeted—debt relief, Bethany Lilly and Persis Yu write.