Tag: Higher education
Virtual reality tours give rural students a glimpse of college life
Carol Cutler White, Mississippi State University
The first time that Nyah visited the University of North Carolina at Greensboro for a campus tour, there wasn’t...
What is public service loan forgiveness? And how do I qualify...
Robert Kelchen, Seton Hall University
The first group of borrowers who tried to get Public Service Loan Forgiveness – a George W. Bush-era program meant...
College students with disabilities are too often excluded
Christa Bialka, Villanova University
AnnCatherine Heigl, a sophomore at George Mason University, recently attempted to join all eight sororities at her school. All eight turned...
Thinking about borrowing against your home to send your kids to...
Jacob William Faber, New York University and Peter Rich, Cornell University
When the time comes to send their children off to college, many parents in...
Federal funding for higher ed comes with strings attached, but is...
Jason Alix Coupet, North Carolina State University
When nonprofit colleges and universities get federal funding for research and to support students, do government regulations make...
Black student activists face penalty in college admissions
Ted Thornhill, Florida Gulf Coast University
Back when I taught at a predominantly white, selective liberal arts college, I came across a book called “Acting...
Want to solve the world’s problems? Try working together across disciplines
Jonathan M Adler, Olin College of Engineering; Caitrin Lynch, Olin College of Engineering, and Robert Martello, Olin College of Engineering
Labor Day is our New...
Tearing down Confederate statues leaves structural racism intact
Anne C. Bailey, Binghamton University, State University of New York
When protesters tore down the “Silent Sam” Confederate statue at the University of North Carolina...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s ‘God Squad’ pits energy vs. endangered species, but it’s a...
Dan Salas, University of Illinois Chicago
There’s a well-worn debate in U.S. politics that goes something like this: Would...
