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Opinion

Who Do You Want to Become?

Students know what college is for. Many of the sector’s critics do not.

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Opinion

Did We in the Humanities Cause Our Own Demise?

How much are we to blame for the lack of public trust in higher education?

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Opinion

The Ticks and Leeches of Higher Education

External culprits eating the sector alive by exploiting, capitalizing and profiting off higher education and students stand to weaken and kill it.

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Opinion

Jason Arday’s Death Shouldn’t Affect Who Gets Hired Next

His story should not be used to further undermine efforts to diversify the faculty pipeline.

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Opinion

Trump Attacks Academia—and Grad Students Ask if It’s Worth Saving

It’s not just the federal government that’s telling grad students their work doesn’t matter.

Opinion

Anti-Unionization Views in Higher Ed Pity the Plumage but Forget the Dying Bird

Systemic issues represent real threats to the vitality and productivity of communities committed to advancing knowledge.

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Valuing Black Studies Requires Valuing Black People. Few Institutions Do.

Defunding or altogether eliminating Black studies will surely exacerbate racialized persistence and experiential and student outcomes inequities on predominantly white campuses.