Why Do Colleges Compete by Becoming More Expensive?
The author of Liberal Arts on the Brink observes that American universities and colleges are busily competing against other as their core industry sinks ever lower.
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Faces of Debt: Beware “the College Loan Repo Man”
For decades, one of the driving impulses of American liberalism has been to expand people’s access to good things…
Who Will Cry for the Campus Bookstore?
Over at the New Republic, Mark Athitakis plays a very small violin for a threatened institution: the college…
Do We Still Segregate Students?
Schools around the nation are 'detracking' classes, putting kids of all achievement levels in the same room. Does that sabotage higher achievers?
First They Came for the Bahá’í …
For a country trying to swim upstream against a torrent of international approbation, Iran makes some intriguing choices…
Bowling Alone at the Supreme Court
What happens when your findings get away from you? In 2007, the Harvard political scientist Robert Putnam, most…
To Boost Creativity, Study Abroad
New research confirms that spending a semester studying overseas enhances one’s ability to find innovative solutions.
The Three-Year Engagement: 25 Percent Off College Term
Wesleyan University wants to graduate some students in just three years, saving them (or their parents) thousands in tuition costs. Is this a brave idea—or a blasphemous one?
Iran’s Secret University for Baha’i: Global and Underground
A university in Iran connects to the rest of the world to give the minority Bahá’í community opportunities for higher education
Bicycle Studies Pick Up Speed in Academia
At the end of the Tour de France and the start of the Olympics, we take note of the growing attraction that universities and think tanks have for the study of the bicycle.