After years of austerity and a crippling pandemic, City University of New York is struggling to get students the choice of classwork they want.
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The Folly of School Openings as a Zero-Sum Game
We need to address the needs of students—and parents, and teachers. One size does not fit all, and race complicates the challenge.
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In Opposing Student Debt Relief, Susan Rice Breaks With Her Family History
As head of Biden’s Domestic Policy Council, Rice has resisted broad-based debt forgiveness, though her late mother was ‘the mother of the Pell grant.’
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The Big Student Loan Lie
The numbers thrown around in the debate over whether to cancel student debt are made up.
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The Ivy League’s Legitimacy Crisis
Columbia University’s incredible profit bonanza after the pandemic is indicative of a wider problem.
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Interrogating a Critical Race Theory Critic
Providence, Rhode Island, English teacher Ramona Bessinger gained notoriety for calling out a ‘racially divisive’ curriculum. The reality is more complex.
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How Biden Can Protect Students From Predatory For-Profit Colleges
Yet the Departments of Education and Justice are contradicting themselves.
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Will Biden Rescue Vulnerable Student Borrowers From Default?
The president can relieve 7.3 million student debtors from default, benefiting their credit scores and avoiding wage garnishment. He hasn’t committed to doing it.
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Start Governing and Good Things Happen
The Education Department’s changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program can serve as a powerful lesson.
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The Failure of Financialized Higher Ed
Big endowments and big money have made administrators more accountable to financiers than their own universities.