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University of strivers

The current admissions scandal (see Frank Bruni’s take in the New York Times, for example) sheds a light on a sinister side of today’s higher […]

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Aspen Prize celebrates societal impact of community colleges

 Community colleges are essential to American higher education. Their ability to provide wide access is unmatched by any other type of institution. They are […]

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Questions about recent law school hires

Over the last few days I have received a number of complaints about our law school’s decision to recruit U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh […]

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Decluttering our work at Mason

I haven’t escaped the Marie Kondo decluttering fever. My drawers are emptier and my closet walkable again. Parting with bags of clothes was less painful […]

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Racism on campus: Learning from old yearbooks

Lest we try to brush off the controversy over blackface photos in college yearbooks as a problem of other academic institutions in more southern latitudes, […]