cover story
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The Review | Opinion
War and the Collapse of the Campus Speech Consensus
Israel, Hamas, and the contradictions of college administrators.
Highlights
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Thinking Together
One Key to Student Success? Socializing in Class.
It’s one of the rare places where people who might have little in common are asked to learn together, and from one another. -
Wise Gamble
Student Clubs Collapsed During Covid. This College Is Trying to Rebuild Them.
In two years, UVA-Wise lost more than half of its campus organizations. Is betting big on amenities and staff the key to bringing them back? -
The Review | Essay
Judges Have Long Been Deferential to Academe. That’s Changing.
Will courts continue to trust professors? The jury is out.
also in the issue
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'Coordinated Assault'
At Notre Dame, Documents Suggest a ‘Concerted Effort’ to Oust a Professor Over Her Views on Abortion
Texts and emails made public as part of a defamation lawsuit detail behind-the-scenes attempts by students, faculty, and alumni to draw attention to the professor. -
Campus Speech
To Speak at This University, You Must Agree Not to Boycott Israel
Arkansas public colleges are subject to a state law that targets the Boycott, Divest, and Sanctions movement. Similar laws exist elsewhere, but few affect colleges. -
No-Cost College
A Free, Online National University Is Trump’s Latest Higher-Ed Idea. Here’s What Experts Think.
The front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination wants to create a federally funded “American Academy,” paid for by taxing the richest colleges. -
Data
How Do Humanities Majors Fare in the Work Force?
While the worth of a humanities degree has been called into question in recent years, a new state-by-state analysis shows its earning power is stronger than what many people think, with an unemployment rate similar to graduates in other fields. -
The Review | Opinion
The Dangers of Donor Revolt
The Israel-Hamas war has empowered higher-ed benefactors. That’s distressing. -
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Advice
Why Are We So Squeamish About Teaching ‘Skills’?
Professors have always preferred to teach content over skills. But shifting that focus might just revive our graduate programs. -
Advice
How to Fix the Awkward Administrator-to-Professor Transition
It is time to shift how higher ed talks about, pays, and makes use of presidents, provosts, and deans who return to the faculty.