Cover Story
Partisan Politics
In Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, as in other places across America, disdain for higher education is thriving.
Highlights
Faculty Cuts
Pandemic-era cuts have provoked a painful fight over one small college’s future.
Pandemic Learning
They struggled with online learning last fall, but not always in the ways you might expect.
The Review
Business as usual won’t solve the existential challenges we face. Will anything?
Also in the Issue
Leadership
In stepping down, F. King Alexander joins a list of college presidents whose reputations were marred by the nexus of sexual misconduct and big-time college sports.
Race and Politics
Boise State officials are mum on the details. Meanwhile, Republican legislators wage a war against programming on racism and social justice.
Teaching
It might feel cathartic, but it won’t reduce your stress — or provide perspective.
Work Force
The Pressure to Retrain Workers Could Be Intense for Colleges. Here’s What They Can Start Doing Now.
Many ideas are well-researched and have been long discussed, but not widely adopted. The pandemic might open new possibilities to expand them.
The Review
Harassment should not be protected.
The Review
What if our goal was creating social impact, not preserving the status quo?
Advice
How videoconferencing is causing too many leadership searches to suffer from a severe case of “prolix syndrome.”