On Thursday, a vehicle trolled around Harvard Square bearing screens with the names and likenesses of some of the Harvard University students who had signed on to a public statement blaming Israel for the brutal attacks on civilian families within its own borders. Earlier, Bill Ackman, the ...
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 ...
West Virginia University is not the only higher education institution in the state going through a challenging “rightsizing.” Shepherd University in Shepherdstown is also trying to figure out how to deal with a pending budget deficit, while simultaneously meeting the needs of its students ...
A young couple I know, recent grads from a state university, share a walk-up apartment in a gritty part of town. They buy their T-shirts used. They share a 22-year-old Honda Accord with well over a century of miles on it. Their health club is weights in a garage. And they spend about $700 a ...
Value of higher ed underestimated West Virginia Senate President Craig Blair recently wrote in regard to the faculty and staff cuts being pushed through at WVU despite mass protests from students, faculty and our community that “There is simply no need to take on tens of thousands of ...
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 ...