Recovering from Helene
Hurricane Helene rained historic hell on three University of North Carolina System schools when it rampaged through the western part of the state on Sept. 26. To varying degrees, the…
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Model Legislation: Financial Aid Transparency
This model legislation provides a structured framework for standardizing financial-aid offers, ensuring that they are transparent, accurate, and accessible to students and families. It is intended for use by state…
Should English Majors Pay Less?
Institutions of higher education are bracing for a crunch, if they aren’t experiencing one already. Slowing population growth, mounting skepticism of academia, and various other factors have provoked college leaders—at…
Can Community Colleges Spur Apprenticeship Growth?
A recent study by the advocacy organization Apprenticeships for America reveals the growing potential of community-college apprenticeship programs. Since 2016, the number of community colleges with active apprentices in hosted…
San José State’s Dispiriting Volleyball Saga
The San José State University (SJSU) women’s volleyball team made international news this season, with coverage by the BBC, the Telegraph, Quillette, the New York Times, CNN, and ESPN. The…
How Do Work Colleges Work?
Warren Wilson College is a tiny university tucked away near Asheville, N.C. But it’s a crucial part of a distinctive yet underappreciated segment of the higher-education marketplace: work colleges. As…
The Bell Tolls for Higher Ed
Writing four centuries ago, John Donne memorably opined, “No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.” He…
Happy Thanksgiving!
By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation. Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will,…
From Retaliation to Reform
You have undoubtedly heard about cases where intolerant administrators target professors who fail one of the ideological litmus tests that increasingly characterize higher education. Such instances have become commonplace, perhaps…
Against Post-Election Infantilizing
After the 2016 election of Donald Trump as president of the United States, many faculty at universities canceled classes, either due to believing that they had to take time to…