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Richard A, Greenwald, a Daily Beast columnist, is an author, academic, social critic, and professor at Fairfield University in Connecticut. His last book was entitled, Labor Rising: The Past and Future of Working People in America. He writes regularly about politics, economics, and higher education. Opinions are not institutional endorsements.
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Why AI Won’t Be Replacing Teachers Anytime Soon
DON’T FEAR THE FUTUREArtificial intelligence is inevitable, so colleges and universities ought to thoughtfully prepare for it—rather than run from it.

How Colleges Helped Model a Path Through the Pandemic
HIGHER LEARNINGThese cities unto themselves had to rework everything on the fly and, for the most part, they’ve done it.

Selling College as an ‘Experience’ Is Destroying Higher Ed
DOOM SPIRALWe used to invest in higher ed as a social good. When that changed, schools started selling it as a consumer good. That’s dragging our schools, and our democracy, down.

The Right’s New Higher-Ed Target: Community Colleges
NOT JUST THE IVIESRight-wing anger at ‘leftist’ institutions is no longer limited to Cambridge and Palo Alto and New Haven. It just spread to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

We’re on the Cusp of a Lost COVID Generation—Do We Care?
CRISIS TIMEIf so, here’s what colleges need to do: vastly improve their mental health outreach and other forms of student support.

Trash the SATs, a Bad Test Born Out of Bad Race ‘Science’
SAT’S ALL, FOLKSThe virus has weakened the grip of a test created by a white supremacist who warned against “promiscuous intermingling” of the races.

Our Two Worst Presidents Were Both Total Racial Arsonists
‘RACE’ TO THE BOTTOMBoth were stubborn, ignorant, and corrupt. But those weren’t the reasons both will go down in infamy.

The Virus Could Kill 1,000 Colleges and Universities
CHANGED FOREVER?Universities everywhere are cutting back. And they're looking at a future in which higher education is less accessible to all.

What Really Made America Great? Unions. Seriously.
COMEBACK?Trump has turned the Department of Labor into the Department of Employers' Rights. But encouraging signs do exist--and Americans must be reminded of labor's vital role.

DeVos Strikes Again: It’s Party Time at For-Profit Colleges
STILL AT ITWhile you were thinking about Trump’s tweets, she repealed an Obama-era rule that reined in the for-profit sector. The biggest losers? The poorest kids, of course.
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