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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.
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The Review | Essay
The University Is a Hostage. But There’s Hope.
The U.S. flas as a darkening room, with a closing door that will shut out the light from a brightly-lit Chinese flag on the other side
The Review | Opinion
Trump’s China Policy Is a Disaster for Higher Education
By Yi Lu April 22, 2025
The administration is alienating international students and imposing a tax on knowledge.
People leave Harvard University on April 17, 2025 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The Review | Essay
We Haven’t Seen a Fight Like Harvard vs. Trump in Centuries
By Steven Brint April 21, 2025
This is the most important showdown between state and academe since 1816.

Latest Letters

Let’s Not Repeat History
Loyalty oaths have no place in the academy.
Correcting Leftist Wrongs? Not So Fast.
A recent essay was confused and bitter, writes Catherine O’Donnell.
Academic Writing Can Be Better
A defense of obscurantism missed the mark, writes Paul Horwitz.

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The Review | Essay
Higher Ed Brought This on Itself
By Richard D. Kahlenberg April 21, 2025
The university made itself a target by embracing affirmative action.
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The Review | Opinion
Can Harvard, Columbia, and Other Universities Survive Trump’s Cuts?
By Robert Kelchen April 16, 2025
There are a handful of viable financial strategies. They all have downsides.
An entrance gate to the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on March 19, 2025.
The Review | Opinion
Harvard Had No Choice
By Michael C. Dorf April 16, 2025
Giving in to the administration’s demands would have been ruinous.
Junot Diaz, author of "Drown," photographed in San Francisco.
The Review | Essay
Junot Díaz’s Forced Disappearing Act
By Rafael Walker April 15, 2025
The great writer has been exiled from the Norton anthology.
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The Review | Opinion
The Great Transgender-Mouse Debate
By James Smoliga April 15, 2025
Experts who criticize politicians should make sure they have their facts straight.
Portrait of Edward Said, Palestinian writer.
The Review | Essay
Columbia Is at War With the Legacy of Edward Said
By Timothy Brennan April 14, 2025
The university is abandoning its intellectual inheritance.
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The Review | Opinion
Appeasing Trump Is Not the Answer
By Dhananjay Jagannathan April 10, 2025
It won’t work, and it violates the spirit of free inquiry.
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The Review | Opinion
These Colleges Have the Most to Lose From Trump’s Cuts
By Phillip Levine April 10, 2025
Is yours among them?
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The Review | Essay
Hannah Arendt, Michael Denneny, and the Politics of Protest
By Blake Smith April 9, 2025
The story of a philosopher and her wayward student.
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The Review | Essay
Are You Ready for the AI University?
By Scott Latham April 8, 2025
Everything is about to change.
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