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America’s elite universities are bloated, complacent and illiberal
The struggle over America’s elite universities—who controls them and how they are run–continues to rage, with lasting consequences for them and...
The struggle over America’s elite universities—who controls them and how they are run–continues to rage, with lasting consequences for them and...
George Will is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and political commentator whose twice-weekly column has appeared in the Washington Post since...
Spending on administrative expenses at U.S. public universities has outpaced spending on academic roles in recent years, leading some students...
One day after winning the national college football championship, the University of Michigan was recognized as a leading competitor...
Are layoffs racist or antiracist? Boston University Professor Phillipe Copeland would like to know. When news broke that Ibram X. Kendi’s Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University was laying off half or more of its staff,...
The average American saved $5,011 last year. That means it would take them about 75 years to save up enough cash to send one child...
Higher Ed Now welcomes Matthew Hendricks, the founder of Perspective Data Science, a small data consulting firm that specializes in education finance and policy analytics. Professor Hendricks previously served as the Chair of the Department of Economics at...
Higher education professionals are reporting feeling overworked and underpaid with no opportunities for advancement as colleges and universities “staff up.” In a recent open-ended survey of over 150 “college workers,” respondents expressed “frustration at the...
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