by Alicia Kalka Growing up in West Virginia, I’ve always loved this time of year. Fall is a reminder that change is on the horizon. West Virginians, fall is a time to change your way of thinking when it comes to the value of a college degree. The people of West Virginia ...
Marianna Morgano got the last word on COVID last spring as she took the microphone during the Class of 2023 commencement at Morgantown High School. After all, her class — and the classes of her 12th-year counterparts nationwide — had just completed a run of school like no ...
by Michael S. Roth What would it be this time, I wondered, as the protesting students rushed into my office a few years ago at Wesleyan University. More trigger warnings or calls to cancel a speaker? I’ve been well aware that students are accused of enforcing political conformity ...
by Alicia Kalka The national conversation on the value of a college degree is heating up. We hear it in the media outlets every week. There are more questions now about the value of a college degree than ever before, with most questions centering on the rising cost of pursuing a ...
The new job requirement that takes up much time in higher education has little to do with grading papers or crafting lectures. It’s trying to keep our students academically buoyant and completing our courses amid a growing mental health epidemic. Many well-meaning educators (me included) ...
by Jay Mathews There is nervousness in the homes of ambitious American high school students awaiting the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on affirmative action at the University of North Carolina and Harvard University. Will the justices upend preferences for certain racial and ethnic ...