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Plain Language Is Key to DEI in Academe
Academics have an opportunity to make more accessible linguistic choices, Shawna Shapiro and Laura Aull write.
Managing the Demand Cliff
The other enrollment cliff is something that higher ed leaders can actually do something about, write Rebecca Mathews, Bijan Warner and Peter Stokes.
When Commitments to Free Speech and Against Antisemitism Collide
We need to be asking different questions as conflicts around antisemitism and free speech continue to arise on college campuses, Jeffrey Herbst writes.
Stop the Statement Wars
The culture of presidents issuing statements on public events harms higher ed’s reputation and constitutes educational malpractice, Michael Hemesath writes.
Glorifying Hamas on Campus
Colleges should stop recognizing Students for Justice in Palestine as an official student group, Jacob Baime writes.
Who Can Speak? Between Power, Silence and Complicity
As the Israel-Palestine conflict escalates, faculty members are fearful of speaking up, Reshmi Dutt-Ballerstadt and Johnny E. Williams write.
Can Cost Sharing Save Higher Ed?
Glenn Altschuler and David Wippman review James L. Shulman’s The Synthetic University: How Higher Education Can Benefit From Shared Solutions and Save Itself.
A Liberal Education in Name Only
A liberal arts education means something, and colleges that slash programs should stop using the term in their promises to students, Christopher A. Snyder writes.