Business
Yale’s Endowment Selling Private Equity Stakes as Trump Targets Ivies
Yale University’s famed endowment has been trying to offload one of the largest portfolios of private equity investments ever in a single…
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Gen Z signing up for 'Adulting 101' classes
While the term "adulting" may be associated with their millennial predecessors, classes on "how to adult" have popped up at multiple…
Politics
Trump Administration Disqualifies Harvard From Future Research Grants
The Trump administration on Monday sought to force Harvard University back to the negotiating table by informing the nation’s oldest and…
Politics
Who Decides How Much You Pay for College? Here’s How Tuition Costs Are Set.
Last month, four Republicans from the House and Senate sent letters to the presidents of Ivy League schools demanding years of data about…
Politics
Harvard’s War With Trump Forces Question of How Endowments Should Be Spent
There are proposals from Republicans in Congress to increase the tax on large endowments, potentially to 14 percent, much higher than the…
Politics
End US Taxpayer Support for the Higher Education Gravy Train
One of the most important insights of public policy is the understanding that most laws are predicated upon a (stated or unstated) quid…
Culture
Netflix’s Reed Hastings Gives $50 Million to Bowdoin for A.I. Program
The Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings wants more researchers and students to ask deep questions about artificial intelligence and its…
Business
Lapham’s Quarterly to Be Acquired by Bard College
When Lewis Lapham died last year, it appeared that his magazine might go with him. Lapham’s Quarterly, a beloved journal of history and…
Politics
Congressman: Stop China's Exploitation Our Student Visa Program
Federal authorities recently charged five Chinese nationals who photographed U.S. troops conducting live-fire exercises with the Taiwanese…
News
What DeepSeek’s Success Says About China’s Ability to Nurture Talent
To many Chinese, DeepSeek’s success is a victory for China’s education system, proof that it equals that of the United States or has even…
News
Should Sports be a College Major? Some, including Nike, Say Yes
For decades, a small but passionate group of academics has offered a potential balm for the fraught relationship between athletics and…
Politics
Biden’s Push to Cancel Student Debt Surpasses 5 Million Borrowers
The Education Department announced on Monday that it had canceled student loans for more than 150,000 borrowers, bringing the tally of…
Business
Now on the College Course Menu: Personal Finance
Sean Karaman, a freshman at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, hadn’t always paid close attention to his credit card spending. But after…
News
Why General Manager Is the Hottest Job Title in College Sports
Bill Belichick grew up around college football. As a child, he tagged along as his father, Steve, went about his duties as an assistant…
Business
British woman studying in Ohio shares what "shocked" her most about America
A video of a university student from the United Kingdom explaining the "culture shock" of moving to Ohio for her studies has gone viral on…