Category: Featured
WEEKEND ESSAY: Summarising and responding to the post-16 white paper
This blog was kindly authored by Professor Roger Brown, the former Vice Chancellor of Southampton Solent University and Dr Helen […]
November 15, 2025
Jim Ryan Breaks Silence on UVA Resignation
Former University of Virginia president Jim Ryan has broken his silence concerning his abrupt resignation, accusing the Board of Visitors […]
November 14, 2025
Class Divide, Debt, and the Search for a Future
For Generation Z, the old story of social mobility—study hard, go to college, work your way up—has lost its certainty. […]
November 14, 2025
California State University Embraces Direct Admissions
There was a 9 percent increase in enrollments from the pilot county as compared to the previous CSU freshman class. […]
November 14, 2025
Colby College Goes All In on AI
Since 2022, there’s been a surge in the number and types of applications using generative AI, but not all tools […]
November 14, 2025
Courses Studying Trump Proliferate, Risking President’s Ire
Donald Trump’s second term in office continues to confound onlookers. Yet a growing number of universities around the world are […]
November 14, 2025
Thoughts on 20-Plus Years of Teaching Islam (opinion)
When I first began teaching Islam, there was no road map. In 2001, I was a visiting assistant professor of […]
November 14, 2025
Underrepresented Applicants Grow, Foreign Applicants Drop
New early-applicant data from the Common App found that applications from Black, low-income, first-generation and rural potential students are all […]
November 14, 2025
What If We Ranked Colleges on Voting Rates?
Rating colleges against each other is a tricky enterprise on a good day. For community colleges it’s particularly vexed, given […]
November 14, 2025