Trump’s bid to strip race from policy has landed squarely on the institutions educating the country’s future.
Rob Wolfe
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Posted inPolitics
Affordability Wars
Trump meets with Mamdani, whose unlikely New York City win was fueled by the affordability crisis, as Vance offers conflicting explanations for high prices.
Posted inCollege Guide
America’s Best Hispanic-Serving Colleges
In a time of enrollment crunch, universities have a moral and existential obligation to serve the one student population that’s growing. We tracked how good a job they’re doing.
Posted inNewsletter
Rebuilding America the Washington Monthly Way
Reporting policy and politics and offering solutions. It’s what we do. But we need you.
Posted inNovember/December 2024
The Student Recruitment Industrial Complex
We tend to think about equity in higher education in terms of how colleges treat students who apply. But long before that, a little-known industry called enrollment management decides who gets the glossy brochures and who gets ignored.
Posted inCollege Guide
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.
Posted inMagazine
Trump vs. Biden: Who Got More Done on Regulation?
Trump launched a massive deregulation campaign that largely failed. Biden has effectively used rulemaking to advance his priorities.
Posted inLaw and Justice
How to Fix the Supreme Court
The time has come to connect popular anger over the conservative supermajority with concrete ideas for reform.
Posted inSeptember/October 2023
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.
Posted inJuly/August 2023
The Founders Want You to Work From Home
The CEOs who would herd us back to the office are flouting a tradition of economic autonomy and productive leisure that stretches back to the American Revolution.
