Higher Education

July 3, 2024

The author in front of a Harvard building

Ideas

How Congress Could Protect Free Speech on Campus

Conor Friedersdorf

June 30, 2024

Time-Travel Thursdays

Do Students Need Facts or Stories?

Will Gordon

June 6, 2024

Ideas

The Great Academic Squirm

Eliot A. Cohen

May 22, 2024

Black-and-white photo of American flag hanging from college building

Ideas

Higher Education Isn’t the Enemy

Robert E. Rubin

May 21, 2024

A university insignia with a hole ripped in the center

Ideas

A Gaza Protester Who’s Willing to Suffer

Graeme Wood

May 15, 2024

Ideas

The Wrong Way to Fight Anti-Semitism on Campus

Conor Friedersdorf

May 11, 2024

Work In Progress

No One Knows What Universities Are For

Derek Thompson

May 8, 2024

Books

Listen to What They’re Chanting

Judith Shulevitz

May 8, 2024

Ideas

The Strange Ritual of Commencement Speeches

Drew Gilpin Faust

May 8, 2024

An infinite number of speech bubbles inside one another

Technology

This Is Helicopter Protesting

Ian Bogost

May 6, 2024

Photograph of a faculty protest at Columbia University in April, with professors holding up signs that say "Hands off our students"

Ideas

The Real Meaning of Divestment

Annie Lowrey

May 6, 2024

Culture

SNL Completely Misses the Point of the College Protests

Esther Zuckerman

May 5, 2024

SNL cast members in a sketch on campus protests

Ideas

What ‘Intifada Revolution’ Looks Like

Iddo Gefen

May 5, 2024

Ideas

America’s Colleges Are Reaping What They Sowed

Tyler Austin Harper

May 2, 2024

Juxtaposition of Columbia 2024 and 1968 protests

Ideas

Those Who Preach Free Speech Need to Practice It

Will Creeley

April 30, 2024

A photo of student protesters facing off against riot police.

Ideas

Columbia University’s Impossible Position

Conor Friedersdorf

April 26, 2024

A photo of pro-Palestine protesters marching with signs on Columbia University's campus

Ideas

The Campus-Left Occupation That Broke Higher Education

George Packer

April 25, 2024

diptych of columbia university protest from 1968 and 2024

Technology

Columbia Has Resorted to Pedagogy Theater

Ian Bogost

April 24, 2024

An open laptop showing the reflection of a teacher in a classroom

The Atlantic Daily

The College Financial-Aid Scramble

Lora Kelley

April 23, 2024

A cursor hovers over a digital image of a graduation cap

Ideas

How the Biden Administration Messed Up FAFSA

Adam Harris

April 16, 2024

A warning light with a graduation cap on top

Ideas

The Logical End Point of College Sports

Marc Novicoff

April 9, 2024

Politics

How Trump Is Dividing Minority Voters

Ronald Brownstein

April 5, 2024

The Atlantic Daily

The Big Money of College Basketball

Lora Kelley

April 2, 2024

Caitlin Clark lays down on a floor covered in confetti

Ideas

Colleges Are Facing an Enrollment Nightmare

Rose Horowitch

March 30, 2024

Students in caps and gowns with a FAFSA form in the background

Dear Therapist

Dear Therapist: I Don’t Want to Take Care of My Aging, Homophobic Parents

Lori Gottlieb

March 25, 2024

An illustration of a young woman on the phone with visages of parents haunting her

Technology

Universities Have a Computer-Science Problem

Ian Bogost

March 19, 2024

Photo of college students working at their computers as part of a hackathon at Berkeley in 2018

Ideas

Caitlin Clark Is Just the Beginning

Alex Kirshner

March 19, 2024

Family

A Subtle Shift Shaking Up Sibling Relationships

Michael Waters

March 8, 2024

Ideas

The Worst Way to Do College Admissions

David Deming

March 7, 2024

A pencil-flag with a standardized-test sheet

The Wonder Reader

The Politics of Noise and Silence

Isabel Fattal

February 24, 2024

The back of a person's head with headphones

Family

A Paradigm Shift in How Scientists Study Kids

Connie Chang

February 15, 2024

Ideas

Elite Universities Have Not Sacrificed Excellence for Diversity

Christopher L. Eisgruber

February 13, 2024

A graduation cap with ladders ascending to the top

Ideas

Colleges Are Lying to Their Students

Caitlin Flanagan

February 2, 2024

People flip on beams above a large brain-shaped hole.

Technology

The Real Problem With American Universities

Ian Bogost

January 30, 2024

Illustration of a graduation cap where the tassel is a chain attached to an anchor

Ideas

American Universities Are Post-truth

Josh Barro

January 12, 2024

Sections

The Print Edition

Farewell to Academe

How Congress Could Protect Free Speech on Campus

Do Students Need Facts or Stories?

The Great Academic Squirm

Higher Education Isn’t the Enemy

A Gaza Protester Who’s Willing to Suffer

The Wrong Way to Fight Anti-Semitism on Campus

No One Knows What Universities Are For

Listen to What They’re Chanting

The Strange Ritual of Commencement Speeches

This Is Helicopter Protesting

The Real Meaning of Divestment

SNL Completely Misses the Point of the College Protests

What ‘Intifada Revolution’ Looks Like

America’s Colleges Are Reaping What They Sowed

Those Who Preach Free Speech Need to Practice It

Columbia University’s Impossible Position

The Campus-Left Occupation That Broke Higher Education

Columbia Has Resorted to Pedagogy Theater

The College Financial-Aid Scramble

How the Biden Administration Messed Up FAFSA

The Logical End Point of College Sports

How Trump Is Dividing Minority Voters

The Big Money of College Basketball

Colleges Are Facing an Enrollment Nightmare

Dear Therapist: I Don’t Want to Take Care of My Aging, Homophobic Parents

Universities Have a Computer-Science Problem

Caitlin Clark Is Just the Beginning

A Subtle Shift Shaking Up Sibling Relationships

The Worst Way to Do College Admissions

The Politics of Noise and Silence

A Paradigm Shift in How Scientists Study Kids

Elite Universities Have Not Sacrificed Excellence for Diversity

Colleges Are Lying to Their Students

The Real Problem With American Universities

American Universities Are Post-truth