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September/October 2015
Posted inMagazine, Politics, September/October 2015
Can Gay Wedlock Break Political Gridlock?: A Debate
This article includes a reply by David Blankenhorn, William Galston, Jonathan Rauch, and Barbara Dafoe Whitehead. In the divisive, partisan political debates in D.C., the term “grand bargain” refers to a deal in which each side gives up a dearly held position to get what they want. Democrats accept entitlement cuts, for example, while Republicans […]
Posted inMagazine, September/October 2015
Tilting at Windmills
Winning the angry-about-tuition vote Higher education is going to be one of the sleeper issues of the 2016 campaign season. The reason is that voters are furious at rising tuition, particularly at public colleges and universities, where most students go. Millennials—who overwhelmingly supported Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012 and are a must-win demographic for […]
Posted inEducation, Higher Education, Magazine, September/October 2015
Introduction: A Different Kind of College Ranking
To see our full list of rankings, click here. Two years ago this month, President Barack Obama made a bold promise: Starting with the 2015-16 academic year, his administration would rate every college and university in America. Instead of comparing colleges with the wealth and prestige measures used by the likes of U.S. News & […]
Posted inBooks, Economy, Magazine, September/October 2015, The Monopolized Economy
The Whiskey Ain’t Workin’ Anymore
The monopolist behind your favorite “craft” bourbon.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, Politics, September/October 2015
Restoring Henry
Niall Ferguson, Kissinger’s authorized biographer, begins the arduous task of rolling his subject’s fallen reputation back up the hill. The historian Greg Grandin kicks it right back down again.
Posted inBooks, Government, Magazine, September/October 2015
The Sharpest Spear
The extraordinary rise of America’s special operations forces.
Posted inEducation, Higher Education, Magazine, September/October 2015
Stop Chiseling the Adjuncts
Colleges’ mistreatment of part-time professors shortchanges students too.
Posted inEducation, Higher Education, Magazine, September/October 2015
A Note on Methodology: Best-Bang-for-the-Buck Rankings
The 2015 Best Bang for the Buck list comes from the new book The Other College Guide: A Roadmap to the Right School for You (The New Press), by Jane Sweetland and Paul Glastris. It is a different list than we have presented in past years, with the biggest difference being that we included all […]
Posted inEducation, Higher Education, Magazine, September/October 2015
A Note on Methodology: 4-Year Colleges and Universities
There are two primary goals to our methodology. First, we considered no single category to be more important than any other. Second, the final rankings needed to reflect excellence across the full breadth of our measures, rather than reward an exceptionally high focus on, say, research. Thus, all three main categories were weighted equally when […]
