Inside the shadowy world of tuition financing firms that are putting America’s students into massive debt.
Education
Adjunct Professors Need a Better Ground Game
Colleges and universities increasingly rely on contingent faculty and pay them next to nothing. It’s time to create statewide adjunct unions to increase their power.
Americans Are Growing Increasingly Skeptical of Four-Year College
A new survey finds that adults care more about online certification and job training than the traditional campus experience.
Our 2021 College Rankings Are Out: See How Your School Did
The Washington Monthly rates how well schools graduate low-income students, produce groundbreaking scholarship, and encourage students to serve their country.
How to Cure Colleges’ Adjunct Addiction
Underpaid adjuncts displacing ever-more tenured professors isn’t good for anybody. The government can stop it.
A Little College Student Debt Relief Goes A Long Way
While Washington, D.C. debates huge student debt relief packages, some universities are finding that modest loan forgiveness and support services can get students back to class and help schools’ bottom line, too.
Pell Grants Should Cover Good Short-Term Worker Training Programs
Right now, the federal loan program won’t pay for many job training programs, even if they lead to great jobs. The answer is “short-term” Pell Grants to provide a pathway to the middle class.
Trump’s Expansion of 529 Savings Plans Is One Pricey Idea
Why extending benefits to primary and secondary schools only exacerbates inequality.
The PhD Glut and What to Do About It
A new book cheerfully argues that we can find jobs for all those doctoral candidates outside the academy. Don’t be too sure.
Biden’s Education Secretary? The Case for Amy Gutmann, President of the University of Pennsylvania
The scholar specializes in bridging differences in a democracy, which is just what the riven education world needs.
