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HEATED OPPOSITION By Emma Pettit A fundamental question underlined the crowd’s shouts and signs: What sort of education must a public flagship provide? BACKGROUNDER By Emma Pettit The provost’s office recommended dissolving the world-languages department. Critics of the decision say the flagship is abandoning its responsibility to the state. A DREADED PHONE CALL By Zachary Schermele Paul Crenshaw’s experience, which went viral online, was the stuff of nightmares — at least for higher ed. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT By Kate Hidalgo Bellows These leaders aren’t just sweating over their jobs. THE REVIEW By Len Gutkin Cancel culture, secularism, and the lures of Satan.
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