By Leon BotsteinRedeeming the Liberal ArtsFew subjects have suffered as much as the liberal arts from the numbing power of stale rhetoric, hollow appeals to tradition, and...
By Doug LedermanThe Future of the Physical CampusAs one university plans to sell or repurpose a million square feet of campus space, experts discuss the role of in-person education as...
By Kirk Carapezza Jon MarcusHow One Small College Exemplifies Higher Education’s Problems — And Potential Solutionshttps://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2021/03/09/how-one-small-college-exemplifies-higher-educations-problems-and-potential-solutions
By Rebecca S. NatowWhy Haven’t More Colleges Closed?Prognosticators predicted mass shutterings. That hasn’t happened, but other enormous changes are underway. https://www.chronicle.com/arti...
Aaron E. CarrollThe Colleges That Took the Pandemic SeriouslyMany colleges and universities have figured out how to diagnose their populations and control outbreaks—and offer a vision for more...
By Shawn HublerA California University Tries to Shield an Entire City From CoronavirusThe University of California, Davis, is providing free testing, masks and quarantine housing to tens of thousands of people who live...
By Scott JaschikKenyon Receives $100 Million for Residence HallsKenyon College has announced a $100 million gift -- the largest it has ever received -- to build three apartment-style residence halls....
By Simon WessonNew Study Suggests That College Campuses Are COVID-19 SuperspreadersCollege campuses are at risk of becoming COVID-19 superspreaders for their entire county, according to a new vast study which shows the...
Hari SreenivasanAs pandemic wears on, colleges and universities grapple with how to surviveMore than 397,000 people at American colleges and universities have contracted the coronavirus since March. As campuses nationwide look...