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Pay Attention to ‘The Manhattan Statement’
A Manhattan Institute statement offers a road map for a new level of federal interference in higher ed, Amanda Fuchs Miller writes.
We Need to Ask Smarter Questions of Ed Tech
We should be holding marketing claims to the same scrutiny we bring to assessing research results, Laura Nicole Miller writes.
They Attack Because We’re Strong, Not Weak
A longer-term view makes clear how strong U.S. higher ed actually is—though the rules are now being reset, Frank Fernandez writes.
Do Regional Publics Know Their Product?
Perhaps higher education is not a product that can be endlessly innovated, Scott M. Reznick writes.
Columbia’s Agreement: A Win for Authoritarianism
The disastrous deal between Columbia and the federal government only strengthens illiberal rule behind a façade of liberal values, Austin Sarat writes.
AI and Higher Ed: An Impending Collapse
Universities’ rush to embrace AI will lead to an untenable outcome, Robert Niebuhr writes.
How Medicaid Cuts Undermine Belonging
Federal cuts to health care and food benefits reinforce the price of being poor in college, Lynn Pasquerella writes.
We Need a New Theory of Academic Freedom
The strongest defenses of academic freedom derive from arguments for judicial independence and religious liberty, Adam Sitze writes.