Browsing: Opinion

The recently released State of the Nation project concluded that “A gnawing sense of angst seems to have descended upon us. We seem polarized and distrustful,…

A successful humanities course helps students cultivate critical, personally enriching and widely applicable skills, and it immerses them in the exploration of perspectives, ideas and modes…

In 1966, a Stanford University professor promised to harness the power of the computer to provide “the personal services of a tutor as well informed and…

By Steven H. Woolf Graphics by Taylor Maggiacomo Dr. Woolf is a physician and a professor of family medicine and population health at Virginia Commonwealth University.…

Over my 16-plus years in higher education, mostly in administration, I’ve had many colleagues reach out and ask a version of the same question: “How do…

For decades, Israel has wanted the support of the US in bombing the Iranian nuclear program. And for decades, every single US President has said no.…

Is Silicon Valley recklessly ambitious? What should we fear more: Armageddon or stagnation? Why is one of the world’s most successful investors worrying about the Antichrist?…

The recent decision by the American Council on Education and the Carnegie Foundation to simplify the classification of research universities may have been well meaning, but…

Five years ago, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, Andrew Cuomo was at the apex of his political power, watched by millions as he delivered…

A Sodom and Gomorrah Story Shows Scientific Facts Aren’t Settled by Public OpinionClaims that an asteroid or comet airburst destroyed the biblical Sodom captured the public’s…