International students vote with their feet. For the first time in more than a decade, university admissions officials reported a decrease in the number of applications to graduate school programs from international students, according to a recent Council of Graduate Schools study. Researchers found that international graduate applications declined by 3 percent and first-time enrollments […]
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More College Students Risk Hunger
Tuition costs are sky-high. According to the College Board, the average yearly cost of attending a two-year community college in 2016 was $11,580. For a public four-year university, the cost was $20,090 per year and the private university sticker price was $45,370. These costs are alarming enough, but what’s even more shocking is that increasing […]
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Q&A: Getting Millennials Off That Treadmill
An interview with Malcolm Harris, author of Kids These Days
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The GOP Tax Plan Places Huge Burden on Graduate Students
Late last week, House Republicans passed the “Tax Cuts and Job Act,” a bill they claim will cut taxes and raise wages for the majority of Americans. One group that would see a huge tax increase are graduate students. Many of them survive on modest stipends, but they could see their taxes quadruple under the […]
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Repealing Title IX Guidelines on Sexual Assault: A Dialogue
Alexandra Brodsky and Lara Bazelon debate the merits of the Obama administration’s guidelines on sexual assault on campus.
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The Rift Among Charter Schools
Independent schools move to declare their independence from the for-profit and nonprofit chains.
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States Take on Student Debt Abuses as the Trump Administration Defaults
While the administration rolls back the weak protections that exist, more than a dozen states have proposed reforming the largely unregulated student loan industry.
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Charter Schools Insist: Our Teachers Are Public Employees! Or Private Employees! Whichever Means They Can’t Unionize!
A Louisiana case throws this question into federal court.
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‘Tax Credit Scholarship’ Program May Soon Be Coming to Illinois
On Monday night, the Democratic-controlled Illinois House of Representatives voted in favor of an education funding plan that includes the establishment of a “tax credit scholarship” program: subsidies that support donors who help families pay for private school tuition. The Democratic-controlled Senate approved a similar bill Tuesday. The money allocated to this voucher-like program is […]
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Under Trump, Liberals Rediscover School Segregation
The president’s racism has opened the door for a franker discussion of school choice.
