As many colleges grapple with declining enrollment and intense political criticism, sagging public support for higher learning has become a journalistic given, the kind of as-we-all-know fact that can be simply asserted as context before advancing an argument or presenting the news of the day. But many of these articles are getting the story wrong. […]
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Posted inHigher Education
Which States Help Their College Grads Land Good Jobs?
A new report provides some answers and could help begin to restore trust in higher ed.
Posted inHigher Education
The Underemployed College Graduate and How Not to Become One
Choosing the right fields of study, the right school, and getting an internship can all make a big difference.
Posted inMagazine
Reviving America, One College Town at a Time
How symbiotic relationships between colleges and their communities have reaped rewards in Erie, Pennsylvania, and Waterville, Maine.
Posted inFeatured, Higher Education, Political Animal
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.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
An Academic Theory Has Become the 21st Century’s Willie Horton
Contrary to what you’ve heard, Critical Race Theory, born at academic conferences, values diversity and healing. It does not mean what Republicans say it means.
Posted inEducation, Featured, Political Animal
What Will Student Voting Look Like in 2020?
A pandemic creates new obstacles to vote. Colleges should do their part to help.
Posted inEducation, Higher Education
The Department of Education Needs a Researcher On Its Rule-Making Panel
How else can the agency gauge how colleges might respond to major changes in federal policies?
Posted inEducation, Higher Education
New Research Offers Hope to First-Generation College Grads
Pay stubs of first-generation students match those of wealthier peers
Posted inPolitics
The Unbelievable Hypocrisy of Free-Speech Conservatives
Republicans who accuse college students of hampering free speech should actually practice what they preach.
