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The Chronicle’s opinion, analysis, and culture section, with op-eds, book reviews, interviews, letters, scholar profiles, and essays about the ideas and controversies shaping higher education.
The Review | Essay
By Derek O'Connell July 14, 2025
Here’s what the data tell us.
The Review | Essay
By John K. Wilson July 10, 2025
But today, the right to teach the truth remains under threat.

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The Review | Opinion
By Phillip Levine July 8, 2025
Some even more punitive proposals were passed over, but this will still sting.
The Review | Opinion
By Robert Zaretsky July 1, 2025
His ouster is the clearest sign yet of a growing authoritarian grip on higher education.
The Review | Opinion
By James K. Beggan June 27, 2025
They say “it never hurts to ask.” But it does.
The Review | Opinion
By Mark Horowitz June 25, 2025
Lax standards will void the value of a college education.
The Review | Opinion
By Phillip Levine June 20, 2025
The Senate’s proposal is less onerous than the House’s. Here’s how much it could cost your college.
The Review | Essay
By Kit Nicholls June 20, 2025
Knowledge isn’t something that can be quantified.
The Review | Interview
By Evan Goldstein June 20, 2025
The Ivy League gadfly sparked the conservative war on colleges.
The Review | Opinion
By Robert M. Kaplan June 20, 2025
The system no longer works for anyone except corporate publishers.
The Review | Essay
By Carly Anne York June 18, 2025
Basic research and the value of curiosity.
The Review | Essay
By Timothy Messer-Kruse June 18, 2025
Activist scholarship and education for citizenship are a natural fit.