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The system at too many colleges is stuck in a cycle of insisting that some work is lower value than other work, then using the fact that it abuses the people who do that work as proof of its low value, argues Seth Kahn.

By Seth Kahn

Jim Jump says there are legitimate reasons to withdraw an acceptance, but he's not sure the university had them for most of those briefly told they couldn't enroll.

By Jim Jump

Michael S. Roth discusses why we must resist efforts to restrict affirmative action.

By Michael S. Roth

The time is right for a more courageous approach to difficult conversations, writes Ronald A. Crutcher, who meets regularly with students to discuss controversial issues across lines of difference.

By Ronald A. Crutcher

Byung-Chul Han’s In the Swarm: Digital Prospects describes how our society is well down the road toward a dramatically different, digital world. Much harder to discern, writes Scott McLemee, is where, or if, Han sees an off-ramp.

By Scott McLemee

Leveraging new data can help low-income students climb the economic ladder, writes Michael Lawrence Collins.

By Michael Lawrence Collins

Beyond offering opportunities to communicate quickly with family, friends and even teachers, texting also provides some intellectual benefits, argue Missy Watson and Madhuri Karak.

By Madhuri Karak and Missy Watson