Cover story
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The Review | Essay
Even Tenure-Line Professors Are Quitting
The Great Resignation comes for academe.
Highlights
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Academic Freedom
How Pedophilia Research Led a University to Part Ways With a Scholar
A college says it supports free inquiry. So why does this pedophilia researcher no longer work there? -
Political Pressure
How Diversity Became a Bad Word at One State’s Public Colleges
Across South Dakota, some professors and administrators say a hostile climate is driving them to quit.
Also in the issue
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Twitter Tempest
Georgetown Reinstated Him After a Controversial Tweet. He Quit Anyway.
The months following his viral message on social media were a nightmare, and Ilya Shapiro was relieved to be able to start his new job. But he decided he couldn’t do that. -
Mental Health
Would a ‘Designated Advocate’ Help Students in Crisis?
Three months after a Stanford athlete’s suicide, her parents are proposing a plan that could spare others their pain. -
Hot Properties
Some Colleges Pay for Space on a Classic Game. It Ain’t Monopoly Money.
Landing your campus’s name on the board and box can cost as much as $60,000 — unless you’re Harvard or MIT. -
Student Slump
Higher Ed’s Enrollment Crash Has Been Underway for Years
The slide began more than a decade ago. The pandemic accelerated it. -
Classroom Politics
Professors Are Being Asked to Accommodate Students. That’s Not the Same Ask for Everyone.
The request puts faculty members with lower status at bigger risk. -
Debts and Politics
How Would Student-Loan Forgiveness Really Work?
The biggest question for the Biden administration now may be whether it can create a widespread process for student-loan cancellation in time for the fall elections. -
The Review | Opinion
In Praise of the Academic Cliché
How worn-out humanities buzzwords go mainstream and change the world. -
Advice
Admin 101: How to Keep Partner Hires Happy (Even When They Split Up)
Retaining academic couples is less time-consuming than recruiting them but should not be left to chance.