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Yes, Students Still Want to Go to College

Despite the doom and gloom, the data shows strong demand from students for college—let’s help them get there, Bill DeBaun writes.

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Opinion

A Better Measure of Financial Health

The Trump administration should change how it evaluates the financial health of higher ed institutions, Ariel Sokol writes.

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Dear Colleagues: The Time for Boldness Is Now

In a letter to fellow faculty, Nolan L. Cabrera argues that self-censorship is not a strategy for self-preservation.

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Opinion

Banning DEI Is Catastrophic for U.S. Science

An attack on DEI is an attack on science itself, Joseph L. Graves Jr., Stacy C. Farina, Parvin Shahrestani, Vaughn S. Cooper and Gilda A. Barabino write.

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What Happens if Libraries Can’t Buy Ebooks?

Leo S. Lo writes that a shift from perpetual licenses to subscription-based models demands a strategic response.

Protesters marching at night in New York City hold a big banner that says "Release Mahmoud Khalil/Hands Off Our Students/ICE Off Our Campuses/Shut It Down 4 Palestine."

Old Laws, New Targets

Immigration enforcement has been used before to police student activism, David S. Busch writes.

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A Way to Honor the Teach-in Movement at 60

It’s time for another national teach-in movement, Robert Cohen writes.

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The Fallacy of ‘Treating All Students the Same’

Improving mentorship of underrepresented STEM trainees starts with awareness of the different barriers many face, John M. Herbert and Nicole M. Dickson-Karn write.