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April 29, 2025
Indigo Olivier
Trump’s War on Higher Education Isn’t Just About Crushing Dissent
The administration’s assault on colleges and universities is a key part of a larger right-wing project to reassert control over gatekeeping institutions.
March 12, 2025
Jonathan W. Gray
Trump Is Cracking Down on the Colleges That Cave to Him
Columbia University complied with the demand to aid in Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest. It didn’t save it from the president’s wrath.
August 14, 2015
Aaron R. Hanlon
The Trigger Warning Myth
Coddled students aren’t the cause of a mental health crisis on campus, they’re just pawns in the culture wars.
May 29, 2014
Mark Oppenheimer
Why Do People Call Ms. Maya Angelou "Dr. Maya Angelou"?
Against title inflation in America
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