Colleges and universities boast US$547 billion in endowment assets, yet only a handful of elite schools would be taxed under the proposal.
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If we think about universities as corporations and their sports teams as marketing tools, everything about the UNC academic scandal – and the nonresponse – makes perfect sense.
Whether they were motivated by enthusiasm or ire toward the candidates, the 2016 election captured the attention of US college and university students nationwide.
The rise of neo-Nazism under President Donald Trump signals a new wave of authoritarianism. Now more than ever, colleges and universities must help students become informed and compassionate citizens.
The story of a six-year-old boy with dyslexia who, with support from friends and teachers, became a successful professor. Now he teaches teachers how to help children like him.
By embracing a style beyond the typical classroom lecture, math education can serve all of our students better.
If it came down to buying a trip or a keepsake, which should you choose?
People in some of the most unequal countries in the world think theirs is the paradigm of meritocracy. Can the data help explain this phenomenon?
Double-majoring is thought to broaden your horizons and give you more career options. A new look at seven years of U.S. census data tells us that there may be a financial benefit as well.
Art schools are emerging globally as very powerful instruments of urban renewal. In a time of transformation, Sydney must learn to tap into the value of having multiple art colleges.
College students often believe that double standards exist in society, but not in their own minds.
School leavers, listen up – it’s okay not to know what you want to do in life.
Over five million students of the approximately 11 million students in community colleges nationwide suffer from a mental health problem.
The affordability of college has been at the forefront of the presidential campaign, but the real problem is that we’re too educated for the jobs available.
When students land on campus, they often have unanswered questions about their reproductive health. One solution: create a massive open online class to teach them about reproductive health.
Female scholars tend to assign more readings from women authors. But then male instructors assign more of their own work.
Students at American universities are spending more and more years on completing their PhDs, only to find there are fewer and fewer tenure-track jobs.
Hillary Clinton’s US$350 billion college plan will need a doubling of the federal government’s funding to colleges. But this large expansion in federal dollars will not be without its own costs.
Kevin Carey’s new book, The End of College: Creating the Future of Learning and the University of Everywhere, envisions a future in which good education will be available to everyone everywhere.
The Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act, which comes into effect this summer, aims to provide access to quality career development programs for people of all age groups.
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