For the next decade, the top 100 colleges and universities should only admit students with family incomes under $100,000. This is a time for proposals that shift paradigms and maybe even policy ...

Recently, Wesleyan University announced it would end its practice of legacy admissions. Since the Supreme Court’s recent ruling prohibiting race-conscious college admissions policies, the practice of ...

Universities in the American South are becoming models for fixing higher education. After the COVID lockdowns and amid antisemitic violence and the anti-American and DEI-infused agendas that have ...

In August, VerilyMag.com posted a blog by Anne-Marie Maginnis titled "O, Alma Mater." The column also appears in Verily’s fall print issue. Maginnis writes about how her Ivy League education is not ...

O ne of the wonders of modern academe is that the ideal of workplace democracy should be so prevalent among people who regularly endure faculty meetings. It’s not hard to see how lived experience ...

The Trump Administration shut down the Department of Education last month, causing parents, teachers and institutions to worry about the future of education in the country. This move aligns with the ...

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