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The war with Iran is throwing the Middle East into turmoil. Missiles and drones dominate the headlines, but another casualty is emerging: the global university. In…

For 20 years I’ve taught undergraduates: first at the University of Virginia while I was still a graduate student, then during a visiting appointment at DePaul…

I regularly meet with a group of students from across the state, representing all five campuses in the University of Tennessee system. I like to use…

At a recent U.S. Commission on Civil Rights briefing, the symptoms of antisemitism that have plagued college campuses were on full display. It was the commission’s…

As March Madness draws to its conclusion, we want to focus on the intersection of governance and a different type of athletic madness. Take a quiz.…

In the past few years, people have talked a lot about the “diploma divide” as the new fault line in American politics. The prevailing wisdom is…

The Department of the Treasury announced Thursday that it will be taking over major aspects of administering the $1.7 trillion student loan portfolio from the Department of…

Earlier this year, negotiators reached consensus on a critical and long-needed federal higher education accountability and transparency framework. With it, we now share common-sense expectations that…

Oklahoma governor Kevin Stitt’s recent announcement that tenure will be phased out at the state’s public regional universities and community colleges has ignited predictable reactions. Some…

Not a day goes by at my university without news popping up in my inbox regarding AI, from pedagogy to policy. Everyone who’s been at the…