Filter & Sort
Don’t Sass Us, Ben Sasse
The University of Florida president is not afraid to make a strong statement—just not about affairs in his own state, Walter M. Kimbrough writes.
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.
Designing Scholarships With Intention
Choices in scholarship design and administration can determine whether scholarships open doors for students or (unintentionally) close them, Krista Chronister and tia north write.
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.
Glorifying Hamas on Campus
Colleges should stop recognizing Students for Justice in Palestine as an official student group, Jacob Baime 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.
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.