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The campus “free speech” debate is just a...
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When people borrow money to purchase new cars, does anyone call it a “car crisis”? No. Purchases of new cars, most of which... Read More
To clean up corruption in college admissions, we must target the institutional pay-to-play schemes hiding in plain sight. As cheating parents... Read More
USC's radically decentralized fiscal system lacks oversight, and it makes everyone's prime goal a constant search for more money. It has... Read More
For two decades, Chicago Public Schools had no Title IX coordinator, meaning there was no one in charge of making sure that the nation's... Read More
Fears are mounting that the United States is on the cusp of an economic slowdown amid a larger global recession. The Trump Administration has... Read More
Next year is my last in high school, and I have never had a teacher who looks like me — all of my teachers have been white, with a few... Read More
I'm very grateful for the teachers at my son's new school because they worked with him on all levels. That said, though, I do worry about the... Read More
Turnout among college student voters more than doubled from the 2014 to 2018 midterm elections, according to a new report suggesting that a... Read More
Essential Reading
At the height of the #MeToo scandal in 2018,...
The campus “free speech” debate is just a...
Harvard freshman Ismail B. Ajjawi '23, who United States border officials turned away ten days ago, arrived on campus Monday in time for the... Read More
U.S. officials deported Ismail B. Ajjawi '23, a 17-year-old Palestinian resident of Tyre, Lebanon, Friday night shortly after he arrived at... Read More
As the 2020 presidential election comes closer, the stakes are especially high to get out the vote. While voter turnout in the 2018 midterms... Read More
Anti-male bias set in after sexual-assault scandal with student athletes, accused professor says. Baylor University created a... Read More
Today, we are surrounded by images — from the television shows we watch once a week to the movies that engulf us in alternate... Read More
The largest, though most expensive, way to increase graduation rates would come from a massive expansion in seat supply to ensure that... Read More
For many Americans—perhaps even the majority, who do not earn even a community-college degree—and for many career paths,... Read More
Americans see value in higher education whether they graduated from college or not. Even so, there is an undercurrent of dissatisfaction... Read More
Beginning in the late 1990s, many states took it upon themselves to institute end-of-course exams (EOCs) at the high school level, tests... Read More
Support for increasing teacher pay is higher now than at any point since 2008, and a majority of the public favors more federal funding for... Read More
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