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By Michael Bérubé. Coming soon: The next outrage in your university health-care plan. And it’s all part of “business as usual.”
Here at Pennsylvania State University, the new bad news is steep hikes in health-coverage rates for graduate students, combined with cuts in benefits. The real “usual” is saving money at the expense of those who can least afford it. More...

By Barry Checkoway. Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed Michigan voters to ban race-conscious admissions policies in higher education, I have a proposal to increase the number of African-American students at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor: Try harder!
Black enrollment dipped to 4.4 percent this year, a figure that some attribute to the effects of Michigan’s constitutional ban on race as a factor in admissions, or to difficulties in competing with wealthy private institutions, or to other forces in a larger society in which affirmative action is challenged. More...

By Jackson Lears. The Rutgers University Board of Governors has invited Condoleezza Rice to speak at the 2014 commencement and to receive an honorary doctor-of-laws degree. No one is denying her right to speak, but many Rutgers faculty members and students are appalled by the board’s decision to grant Rice the university’s highest honor. In response to that decision, my colleagues and I are planning a teach-in, to be held on May 6. We want to give our students a firmer grasp of their own recent history, in which Rice played a major role in the most troubling events. More...

By Guest Writer. The following is by Michael Woolf, deputy president for strategic development at CAPA International Education, a study-abroad provider.
In a previous post, I raised a skeptical eyebrow at what I take to be a faddish enthusiasm for “nontraditional” locations in study abroad, usually meaning trips to developing countries. As the cliché goes, a lively discussion ensued. More...