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These are deep investigations—from kindergarten to college—into school choice, the misallocation of resources, and how we can fix our broken school system.
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Can Dartmouth Save the Ivy League?
College president Sian Beilock had protesters arrested, defied faculty, and has said American universities lost their way. They can fix themselves, or…
Jonas Du
Tyler Cowen: College Won’t Get Fixed. But It Also Won’t Disappear.
Colleges are less and less important for education. But their social function will keep the top ones thriving.
Tyler Cowen
Your Local College Is Running Out of Cash
Over 15 percent of America’s colleges and universities have closed their doors since 2013. It’s a trend that’s only going to get worse.
Michael B. Horn
College Grades Are Beyond Fixing
I used to think we could fix grade inflation. Now it’s clear we should tear down the whole dishonest system.
Yascha Mounk
I Was Fired from My Sex Ed Job for Reposting a Trans Woman
According to the school, I had violated the administration’s values about LGBT inclusion—by reposting Brianna Wu, a trans woman, on X.
Logan Levkoff, PhD
Columbia Faculty Recommend Anti-Israel Professor for Middle Eastern Studies Position
The move comes months after the university pledged to ensure ‘balanced’ offerings in its Middle Eastern Studies department as part of a $221 million…
Jonas Du
Columbia Grad Students Get a Reality Check
The powerful United Auto Workers won’t allow a strike on campus if the grad students’ union clings to its obsession with politics.
Jonas Du
Why Grad Students at Columbia May Go on Strike
‘If you look at what the union is doing now, you can see there’s no sane people left,’ says one student about its political fixations.
Jonas Du
I’m a Harvard Student. It’s Too Easy to Get an A.
Most of my classmates arrive here with genuine ambition. We are then dropped into a grading system that quietly trains us to treat intellectual life…
Isaac Mansell
Columbia’s Modern Arab Studies Chair Contenders Have One Thing in Common: Hating Israel
The university says it is committed to ‘balanced’ curricula on the Middle East. Their top candidates tell a different story.
Maya Sulkin
Why I Let Anti-Israel Protesters Interrupt My Talk
I went to Haverford College to talk about history. I ended up teaching my interrupters a lesson I hope they don’t forget.
Haviv Rettig Gur
The Department of Education Isn’t Going Anywhere
A year after Trump tried to abolish the agency, Republicans are dragging their feet and increasing its budget.
Tanner Nau
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