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New policy mandates force us to rethink how best to meet what the Boyer 2030 Commission termed “the equity-excellence imperative.” One way to pursue this goal…

For more than 80 years, the system of higher education in the United States has partnered with the federal government to produce the best science, technology…

Two years ago, the Supreme Court dealt a devastating blow to opportunity in America when it gutted access to higher education for underrepresented groups. That decision…

Ask people at Columbia, Harvard or UCLA how things are going for higher education, and they might rightly say that things are quite dismal. Those places…

Today’s post wraps up a series in which educators share the worst directives they ever received from administrators. ‘Living in the World as We’d Like It…

It’s October, which means most principals are already knee-deep in spirit week theme days, homecoming logistics, and juggling fall festivals alongside the daily rhythm of classrooms.…

Nigel Farage has spent his political career disrupting the political order, but with Reform UK’s popularity on the rise, some in Westminster believe he could be…

“Your writing isn’t academic enough.” A single sentence from a faculty mentor cut deeper than I expected—because it wasn’t the first time my voice had been questioned.…

Late last spring, something disturbing happened in my classroom. For the first time in 15 years of teaching, I opened by telling my students I wasn’t sure if…

A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration’s policy to detain and deport foreign scholars over their pro-Palestinian views violates the US constitution and was…