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A cartoon drawing depicts four people engaged in different extracurricular activities, ranging from sports, to music, to volunteering, to student media: one holds a soccer ball, one a guitar, one a cat and one a newspaper.
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Reconsidering Extracurriculars in Admissions

To increase equity in admissions and reduce student stress, colleges should consider reducing the number of extracurricular activities applicants can list, Pearl Lo writes.

By Pearl Lo

Opinion
Letters

Never Take Teaching Advice From an Administrator

Questioning a dean's essay on pedagogy and student learning.

The cover of Blue Skies by T. C. Boyle.
Opinion
Columns Learning Innovation

‘Blue Skies’ and ‘Universities on Fire’

Higher education and the value of bringing climate change fiction and nonfiction into conversation.

By Joshua Kim

Opinion
Columns Just Visiting

The Humanities Will Never Die Redux

In the aftermath of the Succession finale, the public scholars of the world take to the internet.

By John Warner

Opinion
Columns Confessions of a Community College Dean

Readers Respond (Sort of) on Cheating Traps

Some techniques, but the core issue remains.

By Matt Reed

New York Yankee Fritz Peterson throws a pitch during a 1972 game.
Opinion
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The Great State School Student-Swapping Scandal

Student swapping across public flagships is America’s most expensive game of musical chairs, Ryan Craig writes.

By Ryan Craig

Tiny person talking through bullhorn to huge dark shadow of another person on the wall
Opinion
Career Advice

Disclosing Your Disability in Grad School

Karly Ball and Rachel Elizabeth Traxler explore three key options to consider.

By Karly Ball and Rachel Elizabeth Traxler

A compilation of six book covers featured in the accompanying essay.
Opinion
Views Intellectual Affairs

Election-Adjacent

Scott McLemee offers an overview of election-adjacent university press titles.

By Scott McLemee