Cover Story
'A niche art form'
At a flagship in crisis, a tiny program’s fight to survive reveals competing visions over the purpose of higher education.
Highlights
Special Report
The risk to students when instructors adopt one-stop learning platforms.
Housing Nightmares
The University of California at Santa Cruz can’t meet many students’ basic needs.
Also in the Issue
The Review | Opinion
In 2021 it was Nikole Hannah-Jones. Now it’s Kathleen McElroy.
The Review | Opinion
It’s time to put these flawed measures in their place.
Advice
For campus leaders, too much information is part of the job. Here’s how to get better at collecting and using it.
A Legacy of Privilege
Students from wealthy families are twice as likely to get into the nation’s most-selective colleges than students from middle- and low-income backgrounds — even if they have similar test scores.
Leadership
Marc Tessier-Lavigne’s dramatic announcement came as the university released the inquiry’s results, and after months of reporting by the student newspaper about alleged misconduct.
All in a Day's Work
As extras in the World War II biopic, scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratory shot scenes with Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. — and taught them a few things, too.
Data
Base pay, bonuses, and benefits for 312 chief executives at private colleges with expenditures of $100 million or more in 2021.