Cover Story
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The Review
How to Survive the Enrollment Bust
Colleges face looming demographic challenges. The pandemic offers clues for overcoming them.
Highlights
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After the Insurgency
Teaching in the Age of Disinformation
Propaganda and conspiracy theories are everywhere. What’s a professor to do? -
Life in the Pandemic
They’re Called #TeamNoSleep
The pandemic has piled new demands on student-affairs staffers. They’re burning out and see no end in sight. -
School Ties
Where 5 U.S. Presidents’ Inner Circles Went to College
Use this interactive graphic to find out more about the key figures surrounding Joe Biden and his predecessors, and how they compare with one another.
Also in the issue
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Early Exit
DeVos Finally Found Something to Protest. It Wasn’t Trump’s Higher-Ed Policy.
Trump was at odds with higher ed on immigration, diversity, and science. But the sector found no champion in his education secretary. -
Policy and Politics
A Democratic-Controlled Senate ‘Will Change Everything’ but ‘Guarantee Nothing’ for Higher Ed
Democrats will control the Senate, but getting enough votes to pass significant legislation will be difficult. -
Pandemic
Colleges Weigh Whether to Require Covid-19 Vaccines, or Just Urge Them
How can they encourage skeptics to get the shots? -
What They're Reading
These Are the Stalwarts of the Syllabus
At colleges across the country, many reading lists have texts in common. The Open Syllabus Project shows how. -
The Review
Colleges Share the Blame for Assault on Democracy
For four years, Trump unleashed a tsunami of lies. Higher education responded with silence. -
Advice
Colleges in Peril Can Be Rescued, but Only if Governing Boards Transform
Most boards aren’t structurally or culturally equipped to deal with a crisis. -
The Review
Against Academic Book Reviews
The capsule format leads to painfully dull work. It’s time to try something new. -
Advice
After Administration: The Search for a Professional Niche
How to find places where you can make a difference once you leave the leadership track.