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Now more than ever, colleges must help students learn to cooperate across differences, writes Eboo Patel. Now is the time for your college to make pluralism a central principle of campus life. Yes, now, as you watch dueling protests on your quad and realize that diversity, free speech and social justice advocacy are important values for a college to uphold but incomplete without a commitment to cooperation across difference.

Without strong federal policies, states have become more active and divergent.

Self-segregation is the antithesis of solidarity.

The eastern region of the state is under the yoke of a state government based far to the west — and far removed politically and culturally.

The era of the internet could use a little of the discipline, moderation, and tolerance imposed by a familiar, physical community.