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April 25, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Uvalde Parent Obliterates Police Response to Texas University Protest
Brett Cross pointed out the striking difference to the police response during the Robb Elementary School shooting.
February 29, 2024
Jack McCordick
The Academics Helping the Meat Industry Avoid Climate Scrutiny
A new paper says two university research centers have essentially functioned as a P.R. arm for the meat industry.
December 13, 2023
Ella Sherman
Elon Musk Wants You to Pay to Go to His New University
After destroying Twitter, the far-right billionaire has filed an application for a brand new venture.
April 12, 2023
Kate Aronoff
These Elite Universities Have a Fossil Fuel Problem
For years, oil companies have funded some of the top climate scientists at Ivy League universities. But as scandals accumulate, maybe that will start to change.
March 15, 2023
David Masciotra
A Georgia O’Keeffe Painting and the Battle for the Soul of a Liberal Arts College
Valparaiso University’s student body is shrinking and its dormitories are aging. But is selling the campus museum’s most famous artwork the right solution to the problem?
May 25, 2021
William Egginton
Academic Tenure Is Broken. Nikole Hannah-Jones’s Case Makes That Clear.
Even when tenure decisions aren’t influenced by politics, they often exacerbate deep inequalities. And professors who do get tenure are untouchable.
February 25, 2020
Magazine
David Sessions
How Business Schools Fail Up
The rise of the STEM-obsessed, corporate-partnered university
January 3, 2018
Jo Livingstone
Brexit Britain Hits a New Low
How a "Top Chef" judge landed a job overseeing the country's universities
November 23, 2015
Jamil Smith
Princeton students are calling out Woodrow Wilson's racism. Good.
June 5, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
The Hostile Renegotiation of the Professor-Student Relationship
College classrooms will never be the same again—and that's not necessarily a bad thing
May 29, 2014
Mark Oppenheimer
Why Do People Call Ms. Maya Angelou "Dr. Maya Angelou"?
Against title inflation in America
May 26, 2014
Sarah Marshall
Adjuncts Aren't Just Teaching College Kids, They're Trying to Keep Them Together
The unique privilege of being young, white, female, and relateable
May 12, 2014
Jeffrey Schnapp
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The Immense Promise of the Digital Humanities
The book as technology
May 1, 2014
The New Republic Staff
America's 10 Richest Universities Match These Countries' GDPs
September 7, 2013
Gordon Hutner
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Feisal G. Mohamed
The Real Humanities Crisis Is Happening at Public Universities
February 18, 1991
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Irving Howe
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What's wrong with “P.C.”
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