Everyone expected the end of affirmative action to reduce Black and Hispanic enrollment at top colleges. That’s not exactly how it worked out.
Education
Education in America, from K–12 to college to the future of work: what works for students and what doesn’t. Home of the Washington Monthly College Guide and Rankings.
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The Real Cause of Grade Inflation
The “easy A” isn’t a cultural problem or an elite pathology. It’s the predictable result of how American universities now organize teaching, labor, and money.
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Their Value Attacked and Funding Cut, Higher Ed Fights Back
After letting critics, including the Trump administration, question their value, colleges and universities are fighting back.
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The United States of America v. Higher Education
Harvard’s lawsuit fighting the Trump administration’s freeze on its research grants is one that every higher education institution should join. Here’s why.
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Inside the Fight to Revive American Civics
The right wants to erase unpleasant history, while the left talks of nothing else. Is there a middle ground?
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Reports of Western Civilization’s Death at Harvard Are Greatly Exaggerated
The real crisis is the collapse of undergraduate interest in the humanities.
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5 Hard Truths Democrats Must Face on Education
America’s K-12 schools are failing students. Understanding the problem is the first step toward fixing it.
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The GOP War on Nurses
To pay for tax cuts, Republicans cut graduate student loan support for female-dominated professions. That turns out to be bad policy and terrible politics.
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Trump’s Education Tax Credit Gambit
Subsidies for Scholarship Granting Organizations, the latest rage on the right, are being sold as a brilliant innovation to help underprivileged kids. Don’t fall for it.
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The Kalven Trap
University leaders are increasingly clinging to “viewpoint diversity” and institutional neutrality in the face of MAGA assaults. This is a mistake.
