Discover the key ideas shaping higher education today.
Every op-ed in our database is tagged with a topic, allowing you to explore thought leadership on critical themes like access & affordability, free speech, the value of higher education, and more. Click on any topic to view relevant op-eds and see how college and university leaders are engaging in the conversation.
"new normal" 2
academic freedom 33
academic independance 1
academic integrity 7
academics 2
accepting failure 1
access 86
accountability 1
accreditation 9
active learning 4
ADA compliance 1
administration 4
admissions 54
affirmative action 18
affordability 65
agriculture 2
alumni 3
American Disability Act (ADA) 1
anti-Semitism 28
antifascism 1
antiracism 3
anxiety 1
artificial intelligence 29
athletics 22
balance 2
banned books 2
belonging 2
Black history 8
Black Lives Matter 3
book recommendations 1
budget 7
California 2
campus counseling 3
campus culture 7
campus dialogue 1
campus housing 3
campus policies 1
campus safety 6
cancel culture 2
career preparation 25
challenges 14
change 26
Charlottesville 6
chatGPT 5
China 4
citizenship 2
civic engagement 25
civil rights 1
climate change 9
collaboration 1
college gender gap 2
commencement 13
communication 3
communications 4
community 65
community college 63
compassion 1
conflict 1
connection 2
consortiums 1
coronavirus vaccine 4
course sharing 1
COVID-19 214
criminal justice reform 1
crisis 6
crisis communications 10
critical thinking 4
culture 1
curiosity 2
Curriculum 11
Cybersecurity 1
DACA 8
data 5
debt 25
degree 1
DEI 2
democracy 20
department of education 3
development 2
disability rights 1
diversity 145
divestment 1
donations 3
dual-mission 1
economy 21
Education Amendment 1
educational reforms 5
elite colleges 6
endowment 10
engagement 2
engineering 1
enrollment 24
equity 74
esports 1
ethics 5
ethnicity 1
excellence 3
faculty 5
FAFSA 7
financial aid 27
financial health 7
financial literacy 3
financial pressure 7
first-generation students 18
first-year students 1
for-profit college 1
fraternities and sororities 2
free college 10
free expression 6
free speech 73
freedom 2
funding 62
fundraising 2
future 15
future generations 5
gap year 4
gender 2
gender identity 1
Generation Z 5
gifts 2
globalization 3
governance 26
government 4
GPA 1
Graduate school 1
graduate students 2
graduation 10
graduation rate 15
grit 4
growth 2
gun violence 4
hazing 1
HBCUs 32
health 1
healthcare 4
high school 1
honors programs 1
humanities 6
humanity 1
hybrid 1
hypocrisy 1
immigration 10
inclusion 89
indoctrination 1
inflation 1
infrastructure 1
innovation 25
institutional mission 1
Institutional Speech 5
institutional stability 1
international 1
international students 32
internships 3
Jeff Bezos 3
Juneteenth 1
justice 4
K-12 2
languages 2
leaders 3
leadership 257
legacy 1
LGBTQ community 3
liberal arts 17
liberty 1
literacy 1
livestock 1
loss of learning 3
Martin Luther King Jr. 3
mascots 1
medical care 1
medical school 1
mental health 36
mentorship 3
merger 13
merit 1
Michael Bloomberg 1
modernity 1
morals 3
movements 2
NASA 2
national security 3
NCAA 13
neutrality 13
news 1
non-traditional students 1
nontraditional students 2
Olympics 1
Online learning 29
opportunity 110
outcomes 52
parents 4
participation 1
partnerships 6
Peace Corps 1
pell grants 15
Ph.D. programs 1
philanthropy 5
policy 40
political influence 4
political pressure 1
politics 87
post-graduation 1
post-pandemic 3
post-traditional students 1
presidency 5
Presidential Statements 21
pressure 1
priority 2
prison education 2
private college 6
problem solving 3
productivity 1
professors 1
protest 15
protesting 11
public education 19
public good 1
purpose 3
quality 2
race 45
racism 8
rankings 17
refugee students 1
religion 5
Remote work 1
Renaming buildings 2
reputation 1
research 32
resilience 1
resolutions 1
resources 1
responsibility 6
retention 4
rigor 1
Roe v. Wade 2
safe spaces 3
safety 5
scholarships 7
school board 4
science 19
self-care 1
senior learners 1
silence 1
single moms 1
single parents 1
skills 1
sleep 1
SNAP 1
social justice 1
social media 4
social mobility 6
society 2
spending 1
spring break 1
standardized testing 5
standardized tests 4
standards 1
Statues 1
STEM 19
stewardship 1
strategic planning 4
strategy 4
student aid 1
student debt 1
student experience 56
student independence 4
student loan debt 9
student loans 21
student protest 9
student safety 14
student success 62
study abroad 3
success 55
summer slide 1
Supreme Court 16
sustainability 7
Taxes 2
team-building 2
technology 46
tenure 7
Title IX 4
traditional students 2
transfer students 7
transparency 2
TREAT Act 1
Tribal Nations 1
trust 3
trustees 5
truth 1
tuition 9
tutoring 1
Ukraine 3
undermatching 1
urban universities 1
value 75
values 1
veterans 3
voting access 1
wellness 2
women 33
work programs 3
work-study 1
workforce 3
