In the Age of Trump, We Need Cutting-Edge Humanities More Than Ever
The latest academic hoax emerges from the same ideological position as the Trump administration's attack on trans rights.
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'The Coddling of the American Mind' Is Sort of Brainless
A new book repackages old complaints about college kids, while also discouraging protest.
PS Picks: 'The Ambition Decisions'
PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.
To Be a Good Doctor, Study the Humanities
An emphasis on the humanities in medical school trains future doctors to become proficient in the social and cultural context of health care.
The Real Threats to Free Speech on Campus Aren't Coming From Students
How billionaires and college administrators are using their power to silence students.
Down With the SAT
The progressive case for the SAT is about as risible as the progressive case for war in Iraq was.
What the GOP Tax Bill Could Mean for College Savings
Regardless of whether states embrace or resist the new tax law, they could lose an opportunity to help thousands of children attend college.
How Anti-Leftism Has Made Jordan Peterson a Mark for Fascist Propaganda
When academics start complaining about "cultural Marxism," they're entering—wittingly or no—a realm of deep anti-Semitism.
When Talking of Future Financial Success, Do Fraternities Offer a Leg Up for Male Students?
Researchers found fraternity membership lowers a student's grade-point average by 0.25 points (on a four-point scale), but increases future income by 36.2 percent.
Studying Humanities Teaches You How to Get a Job
Forget the tut-tutting of politicians: The skills you learn in the humanities are exactly the skills you use in a job search.
Higher Education Funding Is Still Not Back to Pre-Recession Levels
These two charts show what a lost decade of higher education funding looks like.
Why Can't 'Free Speech' Advocates Ever Defend Adjunct Professors and People of Color?
The firing of Lisa Durden after her appearance on Tucker Carlson's show exposes a major blind spot for free-speech crusaders.
Department of Education to Roll Back More For-Profit College Regulations
The regulations sought to protect student loan borrowers.
As Federal Trans Protections Shift, Higher Education Adapts
As the Trump administration moves to roll back protections for trans students, institutions of higher learning find themselves caught in the middle.
Who Gets Left Behind by Free College Tuition?
Often the most vulnerable students — who may benefit more from community-oriented programs.
Since We Last Spoke: School's Out
Updates to stories from the Pacific Standard archive.
Solving the Student-Debt Crisis
Is there a bubble? Should we be worried about defaults? Your questions, answered.
Colleges Need to Do More to Support Poor Students
A new report from the Department of Education calls on schools to improve the graduation gap.
What Will Immigration Laws Actually Do?
Laws aimed at undocumented immigrants have wide-ranging effects on everybody, regardless of documentation status.
Who's Regulating for-Profit Schools?
Executives from for-profit colleges. And many of them come from schools that have been under investigation.
What Are Entrepreneurship Programs Meant to Do?
A close look at the programs at eight private universities and the criteria they're using to define success.
If It's Broke, Fix It
The proposals in presidential platforms to reform higher education funding aren't enough. Why? Because you can't paper over a fundamentally broken system.
One Trick That Boosts College Graduation Rates
A new study finds yet another nudge helps more low-income students obtain a bachelor's degree.
Confessions of a White Professor
How Ferguson, John Roberts, and an anonymous student helped me understand diversity in the classroom.