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A Farewell Letter to DEI Work
Such departments, centers and divisions are spaces of impossibility -- they can't do the things they are tasked with, as they are not empowered to hold people accountable, writes Tatiana McInnis.
Do Colleges Need a Chief Diversity Officer?
When strategically and purposely positioned, funded and supported, such senior administrators can play a vital role in higher education institutions today, writes Eugene T. Parker III.
BHL on COVID
Scott McLemee reviews Bernard-Henri Lévy's The Virus in the Age of Madness.
Don’t Rely on Black Faculty to Do the Antiracist Work
Higher education leaders can do more than simply give lip service to the need to dismantle systemic racism, argues Shenique S. Thomas-Davis, who offers a number of recommendations.
The Character Moment in College Admission
It belongs as much as other factors, writes David Holmes.
Standardized Tests Can Promote Rigor
Their use should be watched, but they shouldn't be eliminated, writes Matthew Pietrafetta.
A Matter of Metrics
Colleges should determine and publicly post those that will guide their life-and-death decisions once they reopen, Andrew M. Schocket urges.
It's Past Time
The pandemic could cause permanent college closures, write Amy Laitinen, Clare McCann, David Tandberg and Dustin Weeden, and institutions should already be planning for the possibility.