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Will the 2020 Election Bring an End to Student Debt?

29 Jul 2019

From climate change to immigration to an escalating trade war, the United States faces a spate of crises from all directions. Yet...

As Visa Restrictions Deter International Students, Institutions Pay the Price

26 Jun 2019

For international students, studying in the United States has become much harder. The recent revision of policies has made it more difficult...

The 2020 Trump Budget: What it Means for Higher Education

19 Mar 2019

The Trump administration has released its proposal for the 2020 federal budget, and, unsurprisingly, it includes extensive cuts to funding for the...

Building Relationships with the New Congress

18 Dec 2018

Guest post by Beatrice Gurwitz, Deputy Director, National Humanities Alliance More than ninety new members of Congress are in the process of hiring...

The 2018 Midterm Elections: What the Results Mean for Higher Education

11 Dec 2018

Although the 2018 midterm ballots are still being counted, there is little doubt that the congressional landscape is changing. While Republicans still...

Can the Seal of Biliteracy Promote Language Education in the United States?

10 Sep 2018

An initiative to recognize second-language proficiency could change the way people across the United States think about language skills. In recent years,...

Affirmative Action Hangs in the Balance as Trump Administration Rescinds Obama-Era Guidelines

24 Jul 2018

The Trump administration recently rescinded widely accepted Obama-era guidelines on considering a prospective student’s race as one factor in school admissions decisions....

Higher Education Confronts Sexual Misconduct and Changing Federal Policy

01 May 2018

What constitutes sexual misconduct? Who decides? How should colleges and universities handle sexual harassment and assault cases on their campuses? Can university...

What the 2018 Spending Bill Means for Education and the Humanities

06 Apr 2018

Last March, the Trump administration proposed eliminating national humanities, arts, and education programs despite the fact that the combined cost of these...

For-Profit Colleges May Have a Profitable 2018

19 Jan 2018

In December the Department of Education announced that students defrauded by the now defunct higher education chain Corinthian Colleges would not be...

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Court Sets Narrow Standard in Application of Title lX

Decision could minimize colleges’ and universities’ responsibility for victims of sexual misconduct.

Concern Over Decline in National Reading Scores

On nation's report card, two out of three children did not meet the standards for reading proficiency.

Border Studies: Beyond the Boundaries of a Single Discipline

13 Nov 2019

In our increasingly interconnected world, the symbolic and material effects of borders and bordering have generated growing interest from scholars across the humanities and social sciences, leading to the emergence, in the last few decades, of border studies as a major field of pedagogy. The burgeoning field of border studies encompasses a broad range of...

Who Are Today’s College Students? The Marginalized Majority

04 Nov 2019

Given the depiction of the American college experience in television, movies, and the nightly news, you might think typical high school seniors spend months visiting prospective colleges; writing and rewriting admissions essays; practicing, taking, and retaking standardized tests; and nervously waiting to see if they have been admitted to one or more of the top...