Rose Horowitch wrote an article for The Atlantic titled The End of Reading Is Here (August 2026).
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Neetu Arnold wrote an article for the Manhattan Institute titled A for Average: Reversing University Grade Inflation (June 2026).
Continue reading “Inflation-Adjusted GPA”Education: noble intentions vs. rigorous empirical accountability
Ammar A. Merhbi wrote a Substack article titled The Empty Review Dilemma.: Why is Education Addicted to Unproven Pedagogies (18 June 2026).
Continue reading “Education: noble intentions vs. rigorous empirical accountability”8-week bachelor degrees
Todd Wallack wrote an article for The Washington Post titled Students are speeding through their online degrees in weeks, alarming educators (19 April 2026).
Continue reading “8-week bachelor degrees”MLK Jr: The Purpose of Education
Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote an article titled The Purpose of Education for the Morehouse College student newspaper, the Maroon Tiger (January-February 1947).
Continue reading “MLK Jr: The Purpose of Education”Is the decline of reading making politics dumber?
The Economist published an article titled Is the Decline of Reading Making Politics Dumber? (4 Sept 2025).
« The problem was less that these students of literature were not literary and more that they were barely even literate. »
Continue reading “Is the decline of reading making politics dumber?”The Lost Ethics of Deep Reading
Carl Hendrick wrote a Substack post titled The Humility of the Page: The Lost Ethics of Deep Reading (May 29, 2025).
Continue reading “The Lost Ethics of Deep Reading”Surge in community college fake students defrauds financial aid and displaces legitimate students.
Bots gaming the financial aid system are overwhelming enrollment for asynchronous online classes. Legitimate students are unable to enroll as classes fill quickly, delaying graduation. Once the classes start and fake students disappear, some classes are cancelled due to insufficient enrollment.
Here are two articles on the subject:
Continue reading “Surge in community college fake students defrauds financial aid and displaces legitimate students.”Are Colleges Getting Disability Accommodations All Wrong?
Alan Levinovitz wrote an article for The Chronicle of Higher Education titled Are Colleges Getting Disability Accommodations All Wrong? (September 25, 2024).
Continue reading “Are Colleges Getting Disability Accommodations All Wrong?”How creative destruction can save higher education
Richard Vedder wrote an article for the Washington Examiner titled Let Colleges Fail: How creative destruction can save higher education (17 September 2024).
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