Cover Story
Finance
As growth has become a mantra, some colleges seek to stay small.
Highlights
Campus Extremism
Led by Susan Rice’s son, the Stanford College Republicans now specialize in personal attacks. The university is facing demands to rein them in.
The Review
The Chapel Hill professor was implicated in an infamous scandal. To focus on her culpability is to miss a disturbing truth about higher education in America.
Admissions
Hundreds of colleges have suspended their ACT and SAT requirements. Many students won’t let them go.
Also in the Issue
Rank and Privilege
Roughly a quarter of the largest four-year public universities mention rankings in recent strategic plans.
Board Politics
The Coalition for Carolina hopes to build public awareness of how the two UNC governing boards are, as the group sees it, damaging the university.
Covid-19
Colleges tried offering carrots to encourage vaccinations. Now some of them are turning to sticks.
Data
Community colleges fared the worst, with a decline of 7.5 percent, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
The Review
They assure us it’s safe to return to the classroom — but there are good reasons not to believe them.
The Review
A decade ago, there was little research on their effectiveness. Now we know.
The Review
A string of professors have been condemned, disciplined, even fired for saying the N-word in full.
Advice
Is higher education in for a new round of “quit lit” — this time from tenured professors?