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Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

Everything happening in the world converges in one place: higher education. Political unrest, the future of AI, the dizzying cost of everything — all of it is playing out on college campuses. On College Matters, a podcast from The Chronicle of Higher Education, we explore the world through the prism of the nation’s colleges and universities.

$Can Jennifer Mnookin Save Columbia University? Last week, Jennifer Mnookin assumed the presidency of Columbia University, making her the fourth leader of the Ivy League institution in less than four years. If can bring together a notoriously fractured campus, said one former university president, Columbia can “model to the rest of the nation the value of the universities” — and prove the higher-ed critics wrong about the state of speech and community on campus. Is she up for the task? Senior reporter Francie Diep breaks down what Mnookins admirers, critics, and Mnookin herself say about how shell approach the presidency. Read more:$

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