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.
Higher Education
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.
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.
For Profit College Execs Should Be Personally Liable For Their Crimes
Right now, they can walk away with millions. Fortunately, we can end that.
Princeton, Betsy DeVos, And The Need For a Real Debate About Race
I don’t want Betsy DeVos telling Princeton what to say about racism. But I also don’t want our universities to squelch discussion.
The Fallacy of Meritocracy on America’s College Campuses
A new book shows how our higher ed system favors the rich. Will COVID-19 make the problem even worse?
Master’s of None
Teachers across the country earn grad degrees to get raises. Turns out those degrees don’t improve student learning—they just fatten universities’ bottom lines.
