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How Higher Ed Must Support Arab Women
Lian Ryan-Hume, the first-ever Arab Israeli to win a Rhodes scholarship, argues that, for Arab women to advance, higher education must prioritize diversity.
We Need More Men in the Humanities
Wouldn’t greater exposure to such fields, asks Christine Henseler, help men make better decisions and become stronger citizens, workers and leaders?
Fit In, Stand Out or Do Nothing
Those are the three ways colleges and universities can respond in the face of the disruption that some predict could capsize many of them, write Eli Bildner and Allison Dulin Salisbury. They offer advice for staying relevant.
Python in Residence
Scott McLemee reviews John Cleese's new book, Professor at Large: The Cornell Years, a selection of lectures and colloquies from his time moonlighting as an Ivy League don.
In Defense of Viewpoint Diversity
It can help produce novel solutions to problems, counteract confirmation bias and expand the range of topics that researchers consider, writes Christopher Freiman.
Ethical College Admissions: Applying to Service Academies
It's time for a new approach, writes Jim Jump.
A Former President Reflects on Leadership
Susan E. Henking ponders how, in today's challenging environment, college presidents should fight to sustain the best of what higher education has been and can be.
Using Technology to Help First-Gen Students
Colleges should put digital tools at the center of their programs for ensuring academic success of students who are first in their families to go to college, write Ana M. Martinez Aleman, Heather Rowan-Kenyon and Mandy Savitz-Romer.