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The Review | Essay
We Shouldn’t Have Authoritarian Decrees in Anthropology
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The Review | Essay
Where Identity Politics Actually Comes From
Nationalism, not postmodernism, is the fount of today’s politics of recognition. -
The Review | Conversation
Cold War Liberalism Is Still With Us. Is That a Good Thing?
A scholarly roundtable on Samuel Moyn’s new book.
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Cornell Should Do More for Local Community
Ithaca and surrounding communities deserve more in the relationship. -
Reform College Rankings. Don’t Retreat From Them.
They are evolving in the right direction. -
AAUP Always Asserted Hamline Violated Academic Freedom
The university took umbrage at the draft report’s conclusions and demanded their withdrawal.
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A New Theory of Race in America
A conversation with the Asian American-studies scholar Claire Jean Kim. -
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The Court’s Affirmative-Action Ban Is a Gift in Disguise
The old diversity regime was a bit of a mess. Let’s reform it. -
The Review | Essay
What’s Behind the Freud Resurgence?
What should we make of the return of Sigmund Freud? -
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Higher Ed’s Ruinous Resistance to Change
The academy excels at preserving the status quo. It’s time to evolve. -
The Review | Opinion
Want Social Mobility? Reforming Elite College Admissions Won’t Get Us There.
A few hundred more spots for the non-ultra-rich won’t transform society. Here’s what will. -
The Review | Essay
Hamline President Goes on the Offensive
Despite the AAUP’s concerns about academic freedom, Fayneese Miller is doubling down. -
The Review | Essay
In Defense of the Beleaguered Academic Book Review
The genre is uncompensated and unrewarded. That should change. -
The Review | Opinion
Gutting Language Departments Would Be a Disaster
Once a program is gone, it is very difficult and expensive to bring it back. -
The Review | Essay
The ‘New Science of History’ Is Bunk
Two new books model radically different ways of studying the past. -
The Review | Essay
AI Means Professors Need to Raise Their Grading Standards
ChatGPT has transformed grade inflation from a minor corruption to an enterprise-destroying blight.