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Opinion: A betrayal at Columbia? "It is not really betrayal when those committing the action have no investment in the principles betrayed." chroni.cl/4jsc6hm

“You just need to put the phone away sometimes.” Meet some of the Gen-Z students unplugging from digital devices. chroni.cl/4jfxHtU

Opinion: Why do so many, academics and non-academics alike, feel so hostile toward academic writing? chroni.cl/3YxpY1S

When photography was invented, painters decried the mechanical process of capturing an image. “You would have thought,” said one expert, “you were reading about AI today.” chroni.cl/4lyHzQU

There’s no invisible line of peril a college crosses by having 1,000 students or fewer, but institutions with such small enrollments tend to be among the most financially vulnerable. chroni.cl/4jkAu5e

Opinion: Harvard University's rejection of the Trump administration's demand letter deserves either praise for courage or condemnation for foolhardiness. I choose praise. chroni.cl/4lzpqTd

The State Department has deleted information for travelers about safety concerns based on race, gender, and sexual identity. That could hamstring colleges that rely on the federal risk assessments for advising students who study abroad. chroni.cl/4lwMYrE

The Ed Department's Office of Civil Rights has seen a surge in discrimination complaints. How will the department tackle its legal requirements to investigate the complaints with a reduced staff? chroni.cl/4jBj1VK

Undergraduate learning assistants can serve as a force multiplier for good instruction in a large course. At a huge university, they make interactive and relational teaching possible in more classrooms. chroni.cl/3YDKtKn

Opinion: Whatever happened to inspiring students to a lifetime of learning and self-reflection? chroni.cl/3Y3uqp2

This week's DEI Tracker updates detail changes made at California Institute of Technology, Northwestern University, and Southeast Missouri State University, among others. chroni.cl/3GfdiGI

Some professors have dubious doctorates, other professors sell them, and colleges often look the other way. chroni.cl/42OhBl2

New College today resembles neither the conservative dream nor the liberal nightmare. Part everyday small college and part proxy battle in the culture war, it is plagued by ordinary questions over how to boost enrollment amid extraordinary levels of outside scrutiny.

If the Internal Revenue Service revokes Harvard's nonprofit status, much of the university’s annual revenues could become subject to both federal and state corporate taxes, including the money it earns from tuition and room and board. chroni.cl/3RobLQX

Among Limestone University's obligations is $27.2 million in debt to the U.S. Department of Agriculture as part of a loan it received in 2020 when it was struggling financially. chroni.cl/4czvDdw

A Chronicle investigation has found that a federal loan program for rural colleges can threaten their long-term survival by saddling them with new debt and not delivering enrollment increases. chroni.cl/4cWRRqp

At an annual meeting for edtech dealmakers, uncertainty reigned. chroni.cl/4lxyTdL

The Trump administration has canceled the legal status of hundreds of international students and recent graduates. Often, it has given neither the students nor their colleges notice, putting students’ ability to stay in the country legally in jeopardy without their knowing it.

They have come to hear Lloyd Thacker, the prophet in the tweed jacket. The room bulges with college admissions deans and high-school guidance counselors, who sit in the aisles and squeeze against the walls. Today’s talk is called “College Unranked -- as if Education Matters.”

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