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Nurturing Talent

The value of mentorship in empowering student success.

A picture of a balance scale with a sack of money on one side and a pile of textbooks and a graduation mortar board on the other.

Don’t Roll Back Progress on Textbook Affordability

Course material costs have been coming down, but an Education Department proposal puts that progress in jeopardy, Eric Weil and Michael Moore write.

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The Problem With Participation Grades (and How to Solve It)

The benefits are well documented, but the practice can be subjective and prone to instructor biases, warns Anna Broadbent.

Cover of “The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming” by David Wallace-Wells

‘The Uninhabitable Earth’ and the Adaptable Campus

Climate change and higher education’s built environment.

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Rethinking Respect

Colleges can help students cultivate civic respect—a value more easily affirmed than granted in our polarized climate, Jeff Spinner-Halev and Elizabeth Theiss-Morse write.

A drawing depicting a passport and an F-1 student visa; the latter document is stamped, in red, with the word “Rejected.”

Student Visa Denials Threaten U.S. Competitiveness

College leaders should focus immigration lobbying efforts on state lawmakers, in addition to federal ones, Samba Dieng writes.

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Ensuring International Students’ Career Success

Sherry Wang and Merab Mushfiq offer several strategies to help international students overcome the challenges their North American peers don’t confront as often.

Revolutionary Ideals and Black Realities

The untold story of America’s founding.