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The Upside of the Downward Trend in College Enrollment
The media have been full of reports of college students, almost a million strong, who have gone missing during the pandemic. Virtually every article quotes experts expressing alarm and dismay. “A...
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New Books Allege Chinese Communist Influence Taints American Universities
The Chinese Communist Party is corrupting American higher education, two new books argue. Red-Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win, by Peter Schweizer, reports that Chinese donations...
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FAQ: Student Loan Cancellation Edition
People march against student debt around the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C. on April 4, 2022. Members of the Debt Collective, which describes itself as a borrowers’ union, called for...
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How to Make College More Affordable? Try the Charter School Model
For those looking at college as a path to a career rather than a four-year pit stop, the lack of inexpensive, speedy options is a big problem. For huge numbers of high schoolers, it can be a deal...
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Biden Announces Student Loan Forgiveness
President Joe Biden speaks about student loan debt forgiveness in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, in Washington. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona listens at right....
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The Federal Department of Education Now Has a Chief Economist. Maybe What It...
“Biden’s Student Loan Plan Sets Off Fierce Debate Among Economists,” is the headline over a news article on the front of the business section of the New York Times. “Department of Education Appoints...
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Biden’s Next Bad Idea for Higher Education
First Lady Jill Biden speaks at the Los Angeles City College Class of 2022 Commencement Ceremony in Los Angeles, Tuesday, June 7, 2022. Now that President Biden has announced his unilateral plan to...
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Henry Rosovsky, an Educator, Is Mourned
On my way in to Henry Rosovsky’s funeral recently at Temple Israel in Boston, I saw Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Henry Rosovsky That made me smile, and it would have made Rosovsky smile, too. Rosovsky’s...
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Jill Biden Pushes “Promise Programs” as Post-Election Progress Area
Jill Biden is seen on C-Span during an appearance after the November 2022 midterm elections, speaking at the College Promise Careers Institute. “This is one area where we can make real, bipartisan...
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Higher Education Could Help Heal America
From left, Northeastern University President Joseph E. Aoun, Brown University President Christina H. Paxson, Paul Quinn College President Michael J. Sorrell, and Colgate University President Brian...
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Elite Colleges Need to Offer Less Affirmation. And Insist on More Work.
Recently, I offered a not-so-sophisticated explanation for the histrionics we’ve seen at elite colleges: too many students are simply aimless, lonely, and bored. Well-meaning concern about the mental...
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The Education Conference as Epiphany
Over the past few weeks, I did a couple plenary sessions at big education conferences (a higher ed gathering and a convening of state school leaders). I came away reminded why it feels like the...
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There are No Shortcuts to Thinking
I really thought everyone would cheat. Halfway through the semester, I asked my students to tell me (through an anonymous survey) how they used ChatGPT in their other college courses. In my own class...
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We’re From the Government, and We’re Here to Help
An Excerpt from Miguel Cardona’s best-selling memoir, Reign of Confusion: My Years of Making It Rain at the U.S. Department of Education (Berkshire House, 2028), pp. 143–144. Chapter 9: My Free...
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