KerryAnn O'Meara explains the important role of third spaces in higher education. More...
The Two-Body Problem
Africana studies programs contribute significantly to academic life at predominantly white institutions (PWIs) across the nation, but positions in the field have been only partially institutionalized and are historically underfunded at those institutions. More...
Taking the GRE… 37 Years After the Last Time
How relative life is. As a vintage person, I have been given my share of advice like “don’t put your undergraduate year of graduation” on the CV or résumé -- as if that omission will somehow successfully mask the reality of what or who I am. Wearing hand-me-downs and reading literature, l have felt comfortable with the world that was all my life. Think historic preservation. Fine cheese. Delicious wine. Museums. Symphonies. More...
Not a False Alarm
Partisan politics prevents those on the political left from seeing threats to campus free expression, argue Jeffrey Aaron Snyder and Amna Khalid. More...
The State of the State of the Union
Scott McLemee traces the evolution of the State of the Union address from George Washington's day until our current moment. More...
Ethical College Admissions: The Future of Hampshire
The college deserves praise for being honest about its financial challenges, but that transparency may not help with admissions, writes Jim Jump. The issues are particularly challenging for early decision. More...
Are Journal Editors 'Human Subjects'?
Should rules written to protect biomedical research subjects from physical harm, Alan Sokal asks, be applied blindly to very different types of subjects. More...
Deregulating Apprenticeship
The Trump administration's plan for "industry-recognized" apprenticeship resembles weak quality control of for-profit career colleges, writes Mary Alice McCarthy, and would increase risk for students, employers and taxpayers. More...
Michael Bloomberg: Channeling His Inner Johns Hopkins
Many commentators have missed how Bloomberg’s seismic donation can shift donor culture in higher education for the better, argues Michael T. Benson. More...
Bloomberg's Gift and the Role of Endowments
Michael Bloomberg recently made a big splash by promising to make a gift of $1.8 billion to his alma mater, Johns Hopkins University. The primary purpose of this gift -- the largest in history to any university -- is to make the endowment large enough to ensure that Hopkins can maintain need-blind admission and meet full financial need for all students indefinitely into the future. More...