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Students walk through the campus of Yale University on September 27th, 2018, in New Haven, Connecticut.

Education

To Understand the High Cost of Colleges, Think of Them as Investment Banks

A growing endowment generates wealth. A small part of that wealth is invested to bolster an administration tasked with generating prestige, and, as students rush to take out federal loans, raising tuition and fees.

James McWilliams

The Cecil H. Green Library on the Stanford University campus in Stanford, California.

Education

Of Course Public Confidence in Higher Education Is Down

As Americans' faith in higher education reacts to rising costs, mounting debts, and the growing sense that preparation for the workforce need not take a four-year degree, the post-World War II ambitions of higher education may prove to be a noble failure.

James McWilliams

Environment

Does Male Social Anxiety Deter Vegetarianism?

A growing body of research suggests our food choices are guided by hidden biases.

James McWilliams

Environment

The Environmental Case for Multiculturalism: What We Can Learn From 18th-Century America

Working toward a shared goal can help bond ethnic cultures together.

James McWilliams

Senator Jeff Flake speaks to members of the media on January 17th, 2018, in Washington, D.C.

Economics

Senator Jeff Flake’s War on Small Animals and Sound Science

Through his attacks on those government expenditures he deems frivolous, the Arizona senator exposes the counterproductive nature of his own belt-tightening mission.

James McWilliams

Education

The Future of Podcasting Is Educational

Podcasters, rather than the conventional media or education establishment, are in a position to shape the tone and content of public discourse.

James McWilliams

News in Brief

Will the Sexual Openness of the ‘Hook-Up’ Generation Confront the Concerns of #MeToo?

There's a chance the sexual culture being cultivated by Millennials can diminish the environment of harassment and assault that's plagued so many workplaces.

James McWilliams