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When the Humanities Kept Us Sane

Michael J. Socolow asks if we have already forgotten how the humanities got us through the COVID-19 pandemic.

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AI Will Not Be ‘the Great Leveler’ for Student Outcomes

Artificial intelligence tools are only deepening existing divides. Here are three reasons for that and a few ideas for supporting students.

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It’s Time to Turn the Page on DEI

Higher ed needs to take a hard look at what went wrong with DEI and consider new models, Lane A. Glenn writes.

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A Valentine’s Day Card Without the Love

The Feb. 14 Dear Colleague letter features some questionable assumptions and false equivalences, Jim Jump writes.

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The Attempt to Destroy Columbia

The Trump administration has the symbolic fight it wants, Brian Rosenberg writes.

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What If 2% of a Harvard Gift Went to an HBCU?

With higher ed facing a hostile political climate, rich colleges should share their wealth with needier institutions, Eric Weinberger writes.

The acronym "DEI" in large black 3-D letters next to a judge's gavel.

Anti-DEI Rhetoric Does Not Equal Legal Reality

The anti-DEI movement sounds like a row of cannons, but its legal attack is a rifle shot based on one provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Dan Currell writes.

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Ed Data Goes Dark: Why It Matters

Cuts to the Institute of Education Sciences are part of an authoritarian playbook, Robert Ubell writes.