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The cover of Nicholas Lemann's book "Higher Admissions: The Rise, Decline, and Return of Standardized Testing." The cover is spare, with blue and teal text font against an off-white background.
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To Test or Not to Test

Glenn C. Altschuler and David Wippman review Nicholas Lemann’s Higher Admissions: The Rise, Decline, and Return of Standardized Testing.

An image of the Palestinian flag.
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New Policies Suppress Pro-Palestinian Speech

Radhika Sainath writes that the rewriting of policies to restrict protests over Gaza will have dire consequences for campus speech.

The book cover for Alex Edmans's "May Contain Lies: How Stories, Statistics, and Studies Exploit Our Biases—and What We Can Do About It."
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May Contain Lies

Scott McLemee reviews a new book about the human vulnerability to misinformation.

A photo illustration with a quote from the AAUP’s new statement on academic boycotts, superimposed over a longer portion of the statement.
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Boycotts Cannot Become the New Normal

Ronald R. Krebs argues that the new AAUP statement on academic boycotts undermines scholarly values and opens the door to further politicization of the academy.

A drawing of a rural landscape, featuring a car driving down an empty, winding rural road with a few sparse houses visible.
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Stop With the Rural-Bashing on Campuses

Faculty should avoid the Trump-country trap this election season, Lisa R. Pruitt and Emelie K. Peine write.

A photo illustration depicting a headshot of the author, Jeffrey Wasserstrom, next to a picture of vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, speaking into a microphone, against a background of a world map with China highlighted in orange.
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Tim Walz, China and Me

The choice of a vice presidential candidate with deep ties to China prompts Jeffrey Wasserstrom to reflect on trips taken and not.

A graduation cap with the words "Financial Aid" sits atop a pile of $100 bills.
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Why I Chose to Be a Financial Aid Administrator

Even in this most difficult of years, financial aid is my calling, Steven J. McDowell writes.

A photo illustration featuring a headshot of Virginia attorney general (and author of the accompanying op-ed) Jason S. Miyares in the middle, against a backdrop of a map of the commonwealth of Virginia, in orange. Around the map as if around a board table are stock images of nine board members.
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A Paramount Duty

Virginia attorney general Jason S. Miyares responds to a recent opinion piece about the duties of public university board members.