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 22
academic integrity 5
accepting failure 1
access 82
accreditation 6
active learning 4
administration 3
admissions 47
affirmative action 18
affordability 59
agriculture 2
alumni 3
American Disability Act (ADA) 1
anti-Semitism 23
antifascism 1
antiracism 3
anxiety 1
artificial intelligence 23
athletics 20
balance 2
banned books 2
belonging 1
Black history 7
Black Lives Matter 3
book recommendations 1
budget 4
California 2
campus counseling 3
campus culture 5
campus dialogue 1
campus housing 3
campus safety 6
cancel culture 2
career preparation 18
challenges 11
change 24
Charlottesville 6
chatGPT 5
China 4
citizenship 1
civic engagement 25
climate change 9
college gender gap 2
commencement 11
communication 3
communications 4
community 58
community college 54
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 2
curiosity 2
Curriculum 9
Cybersecurity 1
DACA 8
data 4
debt 24
democracy 17
department of education 1
development 2
diversity 139
divestment 1
donations 2
dual-mission 1
economy 19
Education Amendment 1
educational reforms 3
elite colleges 5
endowment 9
enrollment 21
equity 72
ethics 4
excellence 3
faculty 5
FAFSA 7
financial aid 25
financial health 4
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 70
funding 53
fundraising 2
future 12
future generations 5
gap year 4
gender 2
gender identity 1
Generation Z 5
gifts 2
globalization 3
governance 17
government 1
GPA 1
Graduate school 1
graduate students 2
graduation 9
graduation rate 15
grit 4
growth 1
gun violence 4
hazing 1
HBCUs 28
health 1
healthcare 4
high school 1
honors programs 1
humanities 5
humanity 1
hybrid 1
immigration 8
inclusion 87
indoctrination 1
inflation 1
infrastructure 1
innovation 22
Institutional Speech 5
international students 26
internships 3
Jeff Bezos 3
Juneteenth 1
justice 3
K-12 1
languages 2
leaders 2
leadership 232
legacy 1
LGBTQ community 3
liberal arts 17
literacy 1
livestock 1
loss of learning 3
Martin Luther King Jr. 3
mascots 1
medical care 1
medical school 1
mental health 35
mentorship 3
merger 13
Michael Bloomberg 1
modernity 1
morals 2
movements 2
NASA 2
national security 1
NCAA 13
neutrality 12
news 1
nontraditional students 2
Olympics 1
Online learning 29
opportunity 107
outcomes 51
parents 4
participation 1
partnerships 6
Peace Corps 1
pell grants 15
Ph.D. programs 1
philanthropy 4
policy 27
politics 81
post-graduation 1
post-pandemic 3
presidency 5
Presidential Statements 21
priority 2
prison education 2
private college 5
problem solving 2
productivity 1
professors 1
protest 15
protesting 11
public education 18
quality 2
race 44
racism 8
rankings 15
refugee students 1
religion 5
Remote work 1
Renaming buildings 2
reputation 1
research 21
resolutions 1
responsibility 6
retention 3
rigor 1
Roe v. Wade 2
safe spaces 3
safety 3
scholarships 7
school board 3
science 15
self-care 1
senior learners 1
single moms 1
single parents 1
sleep 1
SNAP 1
social justice 1
social media 4
social mobility 5
society 1
spending 1
spring break 1
standardized testing 4
standardized tests 4
Statues 1
STEM 19
stewardship 1
strategic planning 2
strategy 3
student debt 1
student experience 56
student independence 4
student loan debt 9
student loans 21
student protest 9
student safety 14
student success 55
study abroad 3
success 51
summer slide 1
Supreme Court 16
sustainability 7
Taxes 1
team-building 2
technology 43
tenure 6
Title IX 4
traditional students 1
transfer students 7
transparency 2
TREAT Act 1
Tribal Nations 1
truth 1
tuition 8
tutoring 1
Ukraine 3
undermatching 1
urban universities 1
value 72
veterans 3
voting access 1
wellness 2
women 33
work programs 2
work-study 1