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Here are four recent events that reflect the state of free speech in America today:At the University of California-Berkeley, a member of the... Read More
The right of women to control their bodies is a never-ending struggle: In California, Gov. Brown vetoed a bill requiring campus clinics to... Read More
Even though Jacob Walter Anderson was indicted on four counts of sexual assault, the ex-fraternity president won't spend a single day in... Read More
I've experienced a lot of strange things while performing comedy: Rosario Dawson made fun of me while I was bombing in front of hundreds of... Read More
By the time you finish reading comedian Nimesh Patel op-ed in the New York Times about having his mic cut during a performance at Columbia... Read More
Mayor Eric Garcetti's speech Monday at USC to mark the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was shut down by... Read More
The latest victim of an academic mobbing is 28-year-old social scientist Noah Carl who has been awarded a Toby Jackman Newton Trust Research... Read More
John Taylor Gatto is worthy of a hero's eulogy for his work as a true champion of children, as an insightful author on education, and as an... Read More
Read a letter from our editor, Sam Seekings, about this submission here.Congrats! You made it. It's been a long three and a half years of... Read More
A jury recommended James Alex Fields Jr. — the white nationalist who drove his car into a crowd of counter-protesters at the Unite the... Read More
Saturday Night Live writer and comedian Nimesh Patel was pulled from the stage by event organizers after telling jokes that were criticized... Read More
It was a normal Tuesday night. Then scores of Harvard students dropped their underwear.The undergraduates unhooked bra straps, let towels... Read More
Embracing the motto “Stand Up to Harvard,” scores of fraternities and sororities nationwide declared their support for a pair of... Read More
Hot take, but after most of a full semester as an independent, I can, without a doubt say that being independent has cast a massive, rather... Read More
What does a Cornell PhD take? The answer depends on who you ask and why you're asking. We could say it takes passing three exams: Qualifying,... Read More
Despite the pivotal role that community colleges play in providing individuals with upward economic mobility, maintaining a strong workforce,... Read More
This report analyzes new data on student debt and repayment, released by the U.S. Department of Education in October 2017. Previously... Read More
How can quality K-12 schools improve a state's economy?Many people—including elected officials—don't automatically make the... Read More
Now in its third decade, Western Governors University (WGU) has students in every U.S. state and has over 100,000 enrolled students—a... Read More
Florida is fertile ground for studying for-profit education, given the industry's outsized presence there and a weak state regulatory... Read More
Welcome to the Washington Monthly's annual College Guide and Rankings, where we rate schools based on what they are doing for the... Read More
Education's political landscape has shifted dramatically over the past year. To the consternation of most school-district officials,... Read More
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos's proposed regulations overhauling how colleges handle sexual assault, which may become law in January, are... Read More
The Chronicleâs 2018 executive-compensation report, on the presidents of private colleges, demonstrates that leaving a college... Read More
Growing up, many of us heard the same advice from our parents, teachers, and guidance counselors as we talked about the future: to succeed,... Read More
During my final semester of divinity school, I took a required course titled “Shaping Christian Institutions.” The premise of the... Read More
A decade ago, at the end of my first semester teaching at Wharton, a student stopped by for office hours. He sat down and burst into tears.... Read More
Pitzer College faculty have voted to suspend a study abroad program in Israel, sparking widespread controversy over what is believed to be... Read More
New York University student senators passed a resolution Thursday in support of the university divesting from three companies associated with... Read More
The number of U.S. doctorates awarded in 2017 fell slightly year over year, to 54,664 from 54,862, according to a new report based on data... Read More
The Supreme Court's Janus v. AFSCME decision in June freed government workers nationwide—including public school teachers—from being forced to pay money to unions as a condition of employment. But that ruling was just a start toward liberating public servants from the grip of the unions that control their jobs. The next step should be eliminating the unions' ability to Read More
