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Last month, the department conceded it could not make universities’ race-conscious efforts illegal, but schools nationwide have yet to... Read More
Sociology faculty are refusing to alter syllabi, even as state targets how race, gender and inequality are taught Read More
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I teach political philosophy in a British university, so I have had to wrestle with the impact of large language models (LLMs) in one small... Read More
Staff cut by half, billions saved, and states empowered. Read More
Shifting responsibility for student loans to the Treasury Department makes sense for students and taxpayers, while making it easier to shut... Read More
Financial aid offices have only months to prevent avoidable disruption to graduate enrollment. Read More
Princeton undergrads watching TED Talks scored higher on conceptual quizzes with longhand notes. Read More
Four-year colleges are muscling into community-college territory. Read More
Reversing the decline of trust in America’s universities will be impossible without thoroughly assessing the politicization of the... Read More
Many young men today have lower earnings and career prospects compared to earlier cohorts. They have fewer friends, socialize less, and are... Read More
About nine in 10 college students are confident that their degree is teaching them career-relevant skills that will help them secure... Read More
U.S. family policy isn’t designed to support strong families. In truth, there is hardly a U.S. family policy to speak of. Read More
In 2023, the U.S. dedicated nearly $1 trillion in combined state, local, and federal funding to K–12 education, more than any other... Read More
Elite universities are paying Trump-connected firms millions. Read More
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Approximately 45% of California teachers plan to retire within the next decade, significantly higher than the national average of 36%,... Read More
It isn’t neglect when families give children room to take risks and grow up. It’s respect. Read More
A January 2026 survey of 1,163 pre-K through third-grade educators found 75% see bigger challenges with everyday tasks like following... Read More
For years, college sports made everyone rich except the players themselves. It was unfair, and reverting to the bad old days would be the... Read More
The Trump administration is leaning away from dramatic funding cuts and settlements with universities, and more toward standard tactics to... Read More
When oil shortages disrupted daily life in the 1970s, Americans were forced to rethink consumption, and the crisis set in motion decisions... Read More
Inequalities in learning between high-achieving students and their lower-performing classmates have grown dramatically, a new study finds. Read More
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is now in the spotlight. Recent reporting has documented how the nation’s largest humanities funder has... Read More
America’s reading crisis isn’t news. But a legislative solution is—and it’s popping up in statehouses across the country. That’s a welcome development, given what the data shows about America’s students. According to the latest edition of the Nation’s Report Card, only 31 percent of fourth graders scored at or above proficient in reading, down fo... Read More
The best and worst campuses for free speech, based on a survey of more than 55,000 students.
