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Columbia Strikes Deal With Trump. Will Rest of Higher Education Follow? Jul. 29, 2025
WASHINGTON — There's a reason why Claire Shipman, acting president of Columbia University, cut... Read More
A Final Lesson for the Class of 2025: Whether or Not You Succeed Is Largely Up to You Jun. 03, 2025
SAN DIEGO — I've given commencement speeches. Many graduates want a warm bath. But what they r... Read More
I'm a Harvard Reject May. 31, 2025
Growing up in the Boston suburbs, in the shadows of Harvard, there was only one school I wanted to g... Read More
Harvard Still Wants Its D.C. Sugar Daddy Apr. 15, 2025
"No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private uni... Read More
Equal Justice for Social Justice Warriors Mar. 11, 2025
WASHINGTON — Kudos to President Donald Trump's administration for canceling $400 million in gr... Read More
Anti-DEI Efforts Are the Latest Attack on Racial Equity and Free Speech Feb. 19, 2024
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
First, Donald Trump and right-wing extremists attacked government trainings on racism and sexism. Th... Read More
The Importance of Defending the Free Speech Rights of Pro-Palestinian Students in Florida Jan. 29, 2024
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
Like everyone else, college students have a First Amendment right to express their political opinion... Read More
'A Rendezvous With Destiny' Awaits Us in 2024 Jan. 17, 2024
I was 8 when my dad took a job with Ampex Corporation, the video recording pioneer. He used to joke ... Read More
Baby Bonds: A Path Toward Prosperity for Future Generations Oct. 16, 2023
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
Being born into poverty often determines what the rest of your life looks like — not just for ... Read More
Colorado's Higher Ed Joins Fight Against Fentanyl Oct. 10, 2023
Fentanyl is a scourge on society and, too often, a death sentence for those who overdose after consu... Read More
Golden Ticket in the Game of Life Goes to the Wealthy Jul. 26, 2023
In the 2022 midterm elections, white voters without a college degree cast their ballots for Republic... Read More
Time To End Affirmative Action for Males in College Admissions? Jul. 12, 2023
Last month in the case Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed use ... Read More
Affirmative-Action Ruling Will Worsen Inequity, But There Are Possibilities Going Forward Jul. 03, 2023
The Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling on Thursday effectively ending affirmative action policies in college... Read More
Let's Welcome a Colorblind Colorado Jul. 03, 2023
Thursday's landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down race-based college admissions prompted a... Read More
What If Day Care Workers and Business School Professors Swapped Salaries? Jun. 07, 2023
The pay scale for educators is topsy-turvy in this country. Business school professors are paid over... Read More
Fox News and Liberal College Fail to Answer to Higher Authority Apr. 19, 2023
In abruptly settling a lawsuit on Tuesday, Fox News admitted to airing falsehoods about the 2020 pre... Read More
Lessons Learned From Our Classroom Censorship Win Against Florida's Stop WOKE Act Mar. 06, 2023
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
In November, a federal judge blocked Florida from enforcing the Stop Wrongs Against Our Ki... Read More
The Future is Female: But Is That Entirely a Good Thing? Sep. 17, 2021
"Men are abandoning higher education in such numbers that they now trail female college students by ... Read More
Can Rand Paul's Populism Remake the GOP? Aug. 23, 2021
Congress set an ignoble record when it replenished the coronavirus relief piggy bank in December. Th... Read More
Diverse Pathways in Education and Life, Part II: The Real-Life Stories of Jean Pierre, Maria, and Lee Aug. 14, 2021
In part one of this column, we followed the educational trajectories of three high school students: ... Read More
