Prestige Must Die

For generations, earning a bachelor’s degree has meant spending four years in college and paying for four years of tuition and housing. But as those costs continue to rise (exponentially),…

Last month, the University System of Georgia Board of Regents approved the charter for a new Institute for Technology and Civic Leadership at Georgia Tech. The Institute could be the…

After a lackluster 4-8 football season and a first-round exit from March Madness, UNC entered the 2026-27 season needing its increasingly expensive athletic experiment to produce results. Instead, the Tar…

For decades, serious scholars of all races have been saying that the  obsession with diversity, equity, and inclusion that grips so many of our colleges has adverse consequences. Although it…

Pretend for a moment that you are starting your freshman year at Harvard University. You are excited about the college experience and ready to tackle the demanding coursework. You have…

For millions of college freshmen, their first course isn’t calculus, U.S. history, or English composition—it’s effectively “Introduction to College.” Indeed, more than 77 percent of universities surveyed by the National…

For years, Fudan University offered UNC-Chapel Hill undergraduates a taste of Shanghai academic life. Now, that door is closed. The reason isn’t budget cuts or falling enrollment—it’s national security. And…

The University of Michigan plans to exclude first-semester letter grades from students’ transcripts to “curb the mental health crisis.” What would seem like a mundane university-level grading change has become…