Alexander W. Astin has something to say — a lot to say, really — about smartness. He knows some people won’t want to hear it, especially if they happen to teach college students for a living.

In 2020, Sidewalk Labs canceled its much-hyped “smart city” for Toronto. Earlier this year, the company squashed a similar project for Portland. (Courtesy Sidewalk Labs) In the aftermath, Sidewalk ...

Q&A: Professor shares negative affects of ‘smartness’ for college students Professor emeritus Alexander Astin is promoting his new book in which he discusses the inequity of higher education. (Laura ...

A provocative new book by Chris Hayes blames the failure of elites for our woes. But solving the problem is harder than diagnosing it. In his telling, that's one example of the "Cult of Smartness" ...