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“How Can Values Be Taught,” Gaza Edition
Maureen E. Ruprecht Fadem asks what values universities are teaching through their silence on Gaza.
A MAGA Assault
Higher ed’s leaders need to push back on attacks from MAGA Republicans, not try to placate them, William M. LeoGrande and Scott A. Bass write.
The Wrong Remedy
Tony Banout asks if aggressive state and federal intervention will destroy higher ed in a supposed attempt to save it.
Is AI Finally a Way to Reduce Higher Ed Costs?
AI could free up faculty time to focus on the teaching and relationship-building that matter most, José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson write.
A Passover Reminder
The Seder liturgy reminds us that too many colleges are creating students who don’t know how to ask a question, Rachel Fish writes.
Let’s Make Later Deposit Deadlines Permanent
Colleges are extending admission commitment deadlines due to FAFSA delays, but there’s no good reason they can’t do this every year, Chuck Knepfle writes.
Knowing Our Fast-Changing Ocean
Scott McLemee reviews Tessa Hill and Eric Simons’s At Every Depth: Our Growing Knowledge of the Changing Oceans.
California Should Create a New ‘New College’
In condemning Republican assaults on higher ed, we should ask too what Democrats are doing to defend it, Paul Hansen writes.