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Snow falls on a bare tree.

Let Snow Days Be Snow Days

Insisting on “instructional continuity” is both joyless and blind to the realities of students’ lives, Matt Johnson writes.

Teaching Religion in the Secular University

The place of religion in the secular curriculum.

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Teaching Behind Enemy Lines

Susan Shaw offers advice for colleagues working in states where legislators are questioning progressive teaching and academic freedom. 

Equal Opportunity Insecurity, Regardless of Race or Gender

An essay on being aware of one's weaknesses was marred by a focus on diversity, not humanity.

A group of three students studying at a table with the help of a professor standing behind them.

The (De)Acceleration of College

The focus of student success initiatives should be support, not acceleration, John Schlueter writes.

A map of the U.S. with a magnifying glass over California.

Following in California’s Footsteps

California has much to teach the rest of the country about attaining a diverse student body in absence of race-conscious admissions, Michael Blacher and Gabriella Kamran write.

Harvard and Elitism in a Populist Age

The fate of undergraduate education at an elite research university in a time of fracture.

colored pathways that are going straight but then veer to right

Is Focusing on Your Strengths Sabotaging Your Success?

Julia Chinyere Oparah explains how knowing your derailers is an essential superpower for every leader in higher ed.