Browsing: Opinion

When I taught about social class in my Intimacy, Marriages and Families course this past semester, I began with reflection and a sticky note, not with…

Ages ago, in the 1970s Soviet Union, a Jewish stand-up comedian, Mikhail Zhvanetski, remarked in one of his skits that if you want to argue about…

If I took the trays of embryos that contain you and your husband’s embryonic children, and I threw them in the river, what kind of crime…

From declining enrollments to equity gaps and growing concerns about student belonging, the pressures on colleges and universities—especially those serving first-generation and regional student populations—are intense…

I recently coached a scholar through drafting a proposal for her second book. Her manuscript is almost complete, and our work together involved putting together a…

For months, I’ve been grappling with the current state of higher education, which seems to be increasingly defined by anxiety, uncertainty and fear. Our budgets are…

The first thing Noor told me on the phone was that the White House has tweeted about you. And I was like: What — What’s happening?…

Columbia University president Claire Shipman would have us believe she snatched academic freedom from the flames of Trump’s higher education dumpster fire, but this is more…

Graduating into a tight job market can feel very daunting. You’ve invested years into your education and training, built strong skill sets, and followed the advice…

“You could end up in a situation where Israel is the Republicans’ ally, and Ukraine is the Democrats ally. And so depending on who wins the…