Mercedes Schneider on the Reporter Who Broke the Story About the UNC and Nikole Hannah-Jones
Republicans have whipped up a frenzy in the states and in the conservative media that they control about “critical race theory.” They are blowing up...
Category : Higher Education
Who Should Pay for College?
In recent decades, states have reduced their subsidies to institutions of high education, shifting the financial burden to students and families. After World War II,...
If You Love Public Higher Education, Fight for It
I posted a delightful article by Jennifer Raab, President of Hunter College, celebrating the importance of public higher education, which has provided opportunity to so...
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus: It’s Called Public Education
This is a beautiful article by Jennifer Raab, president of Hunter College, which is part of the City University of New York. It appeared in...
Brianna Keillor Takes Down Marco Rubio for Mocking Education
After President-Elect Biden announced his new national security team, a group of experienced, highly competent professionals, Senator Marco Rubio mocked them in a tweet, mostly...
Mitchell Robinson: How to Make America Great
Mitchell Robinson, a professor at Michigan State University, has advice for state Democratic parties about their message to voters. He suggests what they need to...
Big Win Against Predatory For-Profit College!
The California State Attorney General, Xavier Becerra and 48 other states and the Consumer Financial Bureau won a $330 million settlement on behalf of students...
Faculty and Staff at U. of Penn. Want University To Pay Taxes to Philadelphia Schools
Over 600 faculty and staff at Penn have organized Penn for PILOTS and issued a statement calling on the university to make “payments in lieu...
Harvard Drops SAT for New Class of 2021, More Will Follow
Harvard University has dropped the SAT as a Condition of admission for the new class entering in fall 2021. The Boston Globe reports: In a...
FairTest: More Than Half of Nation’s Universities Drop Entry Tests for 2021
FairTest has been battling the abuse, misuse, and overuse of standardized testing since the early 1970s. It took a global pandemic to demonstrate that students...