An event for the magazine Jewish Currents took a surprising turn.

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An event for the magazine Jewish Currents took a surprising turn.

Republicans are demanding colleges embrace “viewpoint diversity.” They aren’t the only ones who are concerned.

Readers discuss diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. Also: The debate; Donald Trump’s mental state; the Sentinel missile program; a walker in Manhattan.

I’ve seen firsthand that this scenario does not play out the way alarmists think it does.

Readers offer different answers in response to a guest essay. Also: Protests on campus; China’s adoption policy; Trump the fixer; hearing loss.

A substantial number of Republican voters are losing faith in science.

Colleges and universities are democracy’s greatest arsenal. They do not need the unanimity of the graveyard.

Readers react to Biden, Netanyahu and the killing of the hostages. Also: Trump and I.V.F.; a gay-Christian alliance; reasons for joy; Disney trips; fancy dorms.

It’s time for students to take back their independence.

Higher education should be tolerant but never neutral.

Programs are too ideological, exacerbate the problems they intend to solve and are incompatible with cultivating critical thinking.

Stressing science education, China is outpacing other countries in research fields like battery chemistry, crucial to its lead in electric vehicles.

The author Peter Hessler posed a question with an elusive answer: How could Chinese society open up so profoundly while its politics stagnated or even regressed?

The author Peter Hessler posed a question with an elusive answer: How could Chinese society open up so profoundly while its politics stagnated or even regressed?

A top Chinese university described the conduct of a professor accused of sexual harassment as a moral failing, language feminists say downplays harm to women.