Tag: higher education
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Adjunct professors are the gig workers nobody marches for
Adjunct professors teach a majority of college classes for poverty wages and no benefits. They’re America’s most invisible gig workforce. Here’s why nothing changes.
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Public universities became expensive because states stopped funding them
Tuition didn’t explode because colleges got greedy. It exploded because states cut per-student funding by half — and the bill got moved to families.
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Student loan forgiveness was overdue and conservatives are wrong about who benefits
Student loan forgiveness gets framed as a giveaway to elites. The actual data tells a different story about who carries the worst debt and why relief made sense.
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Elite universities are hedge funds with classrooms attached
America’s wealthiest universities now operate more like investment firms than schools. The endowments, the tax status, and the priorities tell the story.
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Study abroad is tourism with a transcript
Study abroad sells itself as cultural transformation, but most programs are heavily curated tourism wrapped in a few credit hours. Here’s the gap between pitch and reality.
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Law school is a bad investment for everyone outside the T14
Outside the top 14 law schools, the JD math gets ugly fast. Here’s why the median outcome is debt, mediocre pay, and a job market that quietly stopped hiring.
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Online degrees are still treated as second-class and that’s snobbery
Despite improved quality and accreditation, online degrees still carry stigma in hiring. The bias survives because credentialing has always been about signaling, not learning.
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US News should be sued out of existence
The US News college rankings shape billions in tuition decisions while operating with thin methodology and serious conflicts of interest. Reform isn’t enough.
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Greek life should be banned and universities won’t because of donor pressure
Decades of hazing deaths, sexual assault data, and campus harm haven’t ended Greek life. Donor money explains why universities keep it alive.
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The Common App created the admissions arms race
The Common App made applying to dozens of colleges almost free. Here’s how that single design choice reshaped admissions selectivity, anxiety, and inequality.