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Holden Thorp writes that the public response from college presidents to the Trump administration’s orders has been quiet so far—but he expects that to change.

Our approach to assessment not only distracts from good teaching—it can even distort educational goals, Patrick J. Casey argues.

Scott McLemee considers the panopticon’s persistence in (semi-)popular culture as an inescapable metaphor.

Academic unions should refrain from political statements that do not pertain directly to the mission of promoting labor interests, Colleen P. Eren writes.

Protecting professors from university discipline for their extramural speech is necessary, but no longer sufficient, Austin Sarat writes.

Reflecting on her first 20 years in the classroom, Rebecca Vidra identifies six key ways students and their needs have changed.

California State University’s new draft policy for handling “other conduct of concern” is deeply, well, concerning, Peter C. Herman writes.

Jim Jump doesn’t buy David Brooks’s critique of the “meritocracy” but writes that his argument merits consideration nevertheless.