It’s difficult for colleges to defend democracy if they aren’t run democratically.
Francois Furstenberg
François Furstenberg has taught early American history at Johns Hopkins University since 2014. He previously taught at the Université de Montréal. He lives in Baltimore with his partner and two daughters.
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A Tale of Two Disasters
Today on TAP: The Titan submersible tragedy has overshadowed the sinking of a boat carrying hundreds of impoverished migrants.
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Uninformed Consent
Major universities keep putting students at needless risk, and then reversing course. Higher ed is in a tough spot, but that’s no excuse for dumb decisions and bad ethics.
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The Summer of Magical Thinking
How some of the nation’s most prestigious universities planned fall openings based on fantastical assumptions about the pandemic—and then abjectly reversed course
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Back to School
Universities that lived by the market model during the boom years face an extinction event as the bubble bursts and their business model pushes them to make perverse decisions about campus opening.