Tag: Higher education
3 vital ways to measure how much a university education is...
Mark S. Schlissel, University of Michigan; Michael H. Schill, University of Oregon, and Michael V. Drake, The Ohio State University
Editor’s note: Today we begin...
When college tuition goes up, campus diversity goes down
Drew Allen, Princeton University and Gregory C. Wolniak, New York University
As college tuition continues to rise at a staggering rate, people tend to worry...
Choosing the wrong college can be bad for your mental health
Noli Brazil, University of California, Davis and Matthew Andersson, Baylor University
Going off to college might be a source of anxiety for some students, but...
Why double-majors might beat you out of a job
Matthew J. Mayhew, The Ohio State University and Benjamin S. Selznick, James Madison University
Two college majors are better than one. That is the...
Just competing in March Madness is a fundraising win for the...
Brad Humphreys, West Virginia University
The NCAA men’s basketball championship, better known as March Madness, raises big bucks even if the players aren’t paid.
In...
This $75 million gift might make higher ed question its obsession...
Peter E. Knox, Case Western Reserve University
During his unsuccessful campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, Marco Rubio made the dubious (and grammatically unsound) assertion...
Why I teach a course called ‘White Racism’
Ted Thornhill, Florida Gulf Coast University
The need for students to learn about racism in American society existed long before I began teaching a course...
More colleges than ever have test-optional admissions policies — and that’s...
Joseph Soares, Wake Forest University
Back in the 1980s, Bates College and Bowdoin College were nearly the only liberal arts colleges not to require applicants...
EXPLORING NATURE
Paving paradise: Dismantling the US Roadless Rule threatens to disrupt wildlife,...
Mariah Meek, Michigan State University and Travis Belote, Montana State University
Pause for a moment and listen. What do...
