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An overwhelmed woman sits at a table in front of a laptop, her head in one hand; in the other she holds a sign that reads “HELP!” The sign fully obscures her face.
Opinion

How Accommodating Can (Should) I Be?

As colleges relax the rules to account for students’ real struggles, David Galef asks when accommodations may go too far.

A stack of four wooden blocks with the words “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” against an orange background.

The Reeducation of DEI

DEI in the university should be reimagined as education, not training, Patrick J. Casey writes.

Wooden blocks spelling “LEGACY” sit atop a pile of shiny coins.

Our Kids Could Benefit From Legacy Preferences at Yale: We Still Oppose Them

Birikti Kahsai and Sam Haddad argue it’s past time for legacy admissions to end.

A black-and-white image of members of the National Guard firing tear gas at student protestors at Kent State University on May 4, 1970.

The Long Shadow of May 4, 1970

The lessons of Kent State should not go unremembered, Todd Diacon writes.

The book cover for Anthony Grafton’s “Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa.”

The Scholar-Magician

Scott McLemee reviews Anthony Grafton’s Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa.

An Israeli flag waves in the foreground in a photo of Columbia University’s campus.

No Country for Israeli Academics

Atar David writes that he no longer sees a place for himself, or other Israeli scholars, in U.S. academe.

Two pro-Palestinian protestors at New York University stand face-to-face with a line of New York Police Department officers.
Opinion

Police Repression Is the Problem, Not the Solution

Moral bankruptcy and institutional authoritarianism best describe the increasingly violent campus climate for pro-Palestinian student activism, write Charles H.F. Davis III, Jude Paul Dizon, Jessica Hatrick, and Vanessa Miller.

A police officer mounted on a horse, faces a group of protesting students, one holding a sign that reads “Free Palestine”.

Are We Repeating the Mistakes of the 1960s?

Police-based strategies for containing campus protests fail in balancing safety with student expression, Yalile Suriel writes.