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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 | Opinion
By Nathan Brown September 17, 2024
Policies at Concordia University exemplify the new campus repression.
The Review | Essay
By Robert S. Huddleston September 17, 2024
And yes, the protests are sometimes antisemitic.

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The Review | Opinion
Inconsistent, ideologically doctrinaire guidelines are legally risky.
The Review | Opinion
By Michał Bilewicz August 27, 2024
An Eastern European scholar says the AAUP’s new policy is a mistake.
The Review | Opinion
By Nathan Kalman-Lamb, Derek Silva August 26, 2024
The current professionalized student sport regime makes learning impossible.
The Review | Essay
By Anthony Abraham Jack August 23, 2024
Living in the university’s blind spots.
The Review | Opinion
By Rana Jaleel, Todd Wolfson August 21, 2024
A new boycott policy doesn’t change that.
The Review | Essay
By Joy Neumeyer August 21, 2024
A survivor’s education.
The Review | Opinion
By Joan W. Scott August 20, 2024
Cary Nelson’s recent attack on the organization misses the mark.
The Review | Opinion
By Jeffrey Sachs August 16, 2024
The organization fails to see that it’s opened the door to chaos.
'On Settler Colonialism'
By Evan Goldstein August 15, 2024
Are colleges facing — and facilitating — an intellectual crisis?
The Review | Opinion
By Cary Nelson August 13, 2024
Its decision to allow academic boycotts betrays its values.