Kwame Anthony Appiah’s supplement to the Vanderbilt/WashU report takes up literary studies. Len Gutkin reads it — alongside Gabriel Hankins’s sharper critique. Also in The Review: Alex Byrne on Carole Hooven, legacy admissions in California, and college finances. https://chroni.cl/4qd9HvX

Is Appiah’s Report Apt or Annoying?Plus: A controversial philosopher; legacy admissions; running out of cash.www.chronicle.com