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The Chronicle’s opinion, analysis, and culture section, with op-eds, book reviews, interviews, letters, scholar profiles, and essays about the ideas and controversies shaping higher education.
The Review | Essay
By Blake Stimson April 30, 2026
Punishment-obsessed administrators have betrayed the university’s ideals.
The Review | Opinion
By Bryan Alexander April 30, 2026
A response to “Why Pedagogy ‘Experts’ Are Wrong.”

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The Review | Opinion
By Faune Albert April 28, 2026
Administrators chose hope over honesty; the rest of us are suffering because of it.
The Review | Opinion
By Samuel Moyn April 23, 2026
The academy’s gerontocracy problem is worse than anyone admits.
The Review | Opinion
By Silke-Maria Weineck April 23, 2026
Jordan Acker’s failure was about real politics, not identity politics.
The Review | Opinion
By Paul Schofield April 22, 2026
In offloading pedagogical expertise to nonscholars, colleges degrade the classroom.
The Review | Essay
By Len Gutkin April 22, 2026
What happens when scholarship is conceived as a political contest?
The Review | Essay
By Jonathan Zimmerman April 17, 2026
It’s easier to dismiss our critics with condescension than to reform.
The Review | Opinion
By Ted Karns April 16, 2026
Princeton is adjusting its endowment expectations. Others should follow.
The Review | Opinion
By Brayden G King April 16, 2026
The new tools should sharpen your thinking rather than outsource it.
The Review | Opinion
The new civics movement should heed that warning.
The Review | Essay
By Chrysanthos Dellarocas April 13, 2026
We need to focus less on what and how, and more on why.