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September/October 2023 Print Edition

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Higher Ed’s Founding Promise
Google’s Participation Trophies
When Colleges Apply to Students
Indian Country
Education
How the Military Can Save Affirmative Action
Service academies like West Point have figured out how to diversify admissions without sacrificing high standards—or running afoul of the Supreme Court. Civilian colleges should do the same.
Books
How Social Justice Activists Lost the Plot
The leftist writer Fredrik DeBoer’s new book is an entreaty to white, college-educated progressives: Stop obsessing over identity and language and start fighting for working people.