The decades-long effort to push elite colleges to be more diverse has failed. Here’s a better strategy: demand more support for the underfunded colleges that already graduate most Black and Hispanic students, and plenty of white students as well.
Paul Glastris
Paul Glastris is Editor in Chief of the Washington Monthly, founder of the magazine’s alternative college rankings, and president of the Washington Monthly Institute. He was previously a speechwriter for President Bill Clinton and a correspondent and editor at U.S. News and World Report. He is a co-founder of the National Vote at Home Institute and co-author of two books, “The Other College Guide: A Roadmap to the Right School for You,” and “Elephant in the Room: Washington in the Bush Years.” He has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Republic, Slate, and other publications.
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Tutorize, Don’t Privatize, Public Schools
This article is from a cover package of essays entitled Ten New Ideas for the Democratic Party to Help the Working Class, and Itself. Find the full series here. The subject of K–12 education barely came up during the 2024 presidential campaign. But it’s likely to be a big issue in Washington soon if, as many observers […]
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Biden’s Cold-Blooded Victories
In our undeclared proxy war with Russia and Iran, the United States is winning handily.
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After Election Day, Fight Back with Ideas
The MAGA landslide left us devastated, too, but it also rekindled our commitment to public policy ideas that work and can win elections.
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The Election May Not Be Close After All
We don’t know what will happen, but a number of factors suggest the vice president could win by a larger margin than is commonly assumed.
Posted inNovember/December 2024
An Unliterary Childhood
Why growing up in a home without books made me a lifelong fan of book reviews.
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Take Trump Seriously and Literally
Journalists and voters who say Trump’s campaign promises and threats are empty rhetoric are deluding themselves
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A Different Kind of College Ranking
America needs a new definition of higher education excellence, one that measures what colleges do for their country, instead of for themselves.
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How Will Biden Pass the Baton at the Democratic Convention?
How Will Biden Pass the Baton at the Democratic Convention? I helped write Bill Clinton’s 2000 convention speech for Al Gore. Here’s how the president can make his ode to Harris sing.
Posted inJuly/August 2024
NATO Joe
Biden wields Reagan-like power abroad, while dismantling Reagan’s policies at home.
