The Silly Stereotypes That Elite-College Students Have About Other Campuses
There’s a deeper meaning behind the us-and-them boundaries drawn by attendees of highly selective schools.
Will Anyone Save Black Colleges?
Bennett College in North Carolina needed to raise $5 million to try to save its accreditation. Meanwhile, transformational donations are going to other schools.
Rural Communities Struggle to Adapt to Life Without Football
Declining participation has led some high schools to cancel their football seasons, and players aren't the only ones feeling the loss.
Gym Class Is So Bad, Kids Are Skipping School to Avoid It
Not only does P.E. do little to improve physical fitness, but it can also lead to truancy and other disciplinary problems.
What Johns Hopkins Gets by Buying the Newseum
The university, which already has a significant presence in Washington, D.C., hopes to expand its influence in public-policy debates—and entice prospective students with another reason to enroll.
L.A.’s Teachers Got What They Wanted—For Their Students
The strike showcased unions' strategy of advocating not just for their members but also for better resources for schools.
Who Wants to Be a College President?
Probably not many qualified candidates.
America’s Teachers Are Furious
From West Virginia to Los Angeles, educators are ushering in a new era of labor activism.
A Second President Falls at Michigan State
The board of trustees accepted John Engler’s resignation on Thursday, and the healing process begins again for a university in crisis.
Community-College Students Succeed at Elite Schools—When They’re Admitted
A new report finds that these students graduate from selective colleges at higher rates than first-time freshmen.
The Stubborn Culture of Harassment in America’s Medical Schools
A Yale cardiologist accused of sexual misconduct received one of the university’s highest honors, and the aftermath has revealed how much power men still have in academic medicine.
The Unique Racial Dynamics of the L.A. Teachers' Strike
The city’s public-school teachers are predominantly people of color—and a plurality of them are Latino, like most of the students they serve.
A Northwestern Student Took Her Own Life. Is a Sorority to Blame?
The death of Jordan Hankins is an unusual case of potential campus hazing, but the fallout is following a familiar pattern.
Millions of College Students Are Going Hungry
A new government report highlights just how pervasive the problem is.
Educated Americans Paved the Way for Divorce—Then Embraced Marriage
The countercultural revolution of the 1960s and ’70s didn’t get rid of the institution of marriage. It transformed it along class lines.
How to Turn Schools Into Happier Places
A strong student-teacher relationship can help put a dent in school suspensions, according to a new study.
A Year of Miseducation
From Lauryn Hill to Cameron Post to Tara Westover, 2018 repeatedly asked the question, What does it mean to teach a person to surrender?
The Year the Gun Conversation Changed
States passed a flurry of gun-control measures in 2018, but the future of the push for greater regulation is tied to the much larger political drama playing out in America.
When School Choice Means School’s Choice
Parents of students who are “harder to educate” may have a hard time getting schools to reply to their emails about how to apply.
The Scandal That Reveals the Fiction of America’s Educational Meritocracy
Americans love to see “miracle students.” T. M. Landry College Preparatory School seems to have capitalized on that.