Nicholas Lemann’s family history illuminates what it means to be Jewish in America and explains how we choose our religious and ethnic identities.
Columbia University
Posted inMagazine
How Trump Learned to Stop Worrying and Love DEI
The administration that vowed to end identity politics has simply changed the beneficiary list.
Posted inHigher Education
Academic Freedom: How Universities Lost Their Way
A canceled issue of a Harvard scholarly journal illustrates the dangers of the Trump era.
Posted inPolitics
Trump Is Steamrolling Corporate America. Democrats Are Taking Notes
Historically, Democrats have curbed their attacks on powerful interests for fear that it would cause a backlash. The president’s actions suggest they could stand to be more muscular.
Posted inHigher Education
The Cost of Exaggerating the Gaza Protests
Some campuses were riven by demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war, but most, as the Monthly has noted, were not—including mine in Indiana. The cost we all pay when the mainstream media fails.
Posted inHigher Education
Are Gaza Protests Happening Mostly at Elite Colleges?
Yup. The Washington Monthly runs the numbers and explains the results.
Posted inPolitics
The Divestment Encampments Don’t Make Any Sense
The demand that universities unload any investments having to do with Israel is half-baked and bound to fail.
Posted inEducation
Why the U.S. News College Rankings Are Subject to Cheating and How to Fix Them
Here’s how the Washington Monthly’s annual college guide avoids those pitfalls.
Posted inCollege Guide
Introduction: A Different Kind of College Ranking
America needs a new definition of higher education excellence, one that measures what colleges do for their country, instead of for themselves.
