Tag: US higher education
Colleges must confront sexual assault and sexual harassment head on
Tricia Serio, University of Massachusetts Amherst
In the past month the National Science Foundation and a bipartisan group of U.S. senators both introduced measures that...
New federal program tackles spiraling costs of college textbooks
MacKenzie Smith, University of California, Davis
College students will keep more money in their pockets thanks to a new US$5 million pilot program approved as...
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...
GOP plan to tax college endowments like Yale’s and Harvard’s would...
Jay L. Zagorsky, The Ohio State University
Tucked away in the recently announced GOP tax bill is a small item you may have missed: a...
California’s higher education: From American dream to dilemma
John R. Thelin, University of Kentucky
For the Golden State of California, 1960 was a golden year: It was a time of rapid development, when...
Colleges need affirmative action – but it can be expanded
Eboni Nelson, University of South Carolina
In 2003, Justice Antonin Scalia predicted that the Supreme Court’s sanctioning of race-conscious affirmative action in higher education would...
The wrongs of passage in fraternity hazing
Hank Nuwer, Franklin College
In the 40 years since publishing my first research on hazing in collegiate groups, I’ve often been reminded of the adage...
Why students need better protection from loan fraud
Richard Fossey, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
A college education can set you up for a lifetime – though it can come with a hefty...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
