It is only the latest example of the dumbing down of education in America. The implications of this trend are dire for the ...

A statue of Thomas Jefferson stands in front of the Rotunda at the University of Virginia, Friday June 10, 2016. Political attacks on higher education are escalating as we approach next year’s 250th ...

Join us for a discussion with the U.S. Department of Education and college presidents as they chart a renewed American vision for the academy. Higher education is long overdue for a cultural course ...

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Northeastern University’s president Joseph Aoun has some tough words for higher education in America. Having authored books like Robot-Proof: Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence ...

If you haven’t noticed, the future of education in the United States is suddenly looking much more uncertain than at any point in the past half-century. For some students, changing economic indicators ...

Public confidence in American higher education is rebounding, yet media coverage and cultural narratives continue to focus on ...

Higher education is fighting back against Trump’s cuts and cancellations of grants, insisting it will cause chaos and harm. Credit: Frank Franklin II/Associated Press The Hechinger Report covers one ...

Religion, particularly Protestantism, was central to the mission of the country’s first universities. Chapels were constructed at the center of campuses. University presidents, often devout, worried ...

America’s higher education system is broken. It is no longer a pipeline to prosperity. It has become a conveyor belt of debt, disillusionment, and dependence. For too long, our universities have ...

Baby New Year 2025 has entered into the record books with quite a bang the last two months, what with my first three Greater Springfield snowmageddons, a Super Bowl outcome that left Missouri ...

Undergraduate and graduate students studying American history can apply for a $25,000 scholarship from the National Society ...