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just asking questions Oct. 25, 2021

Harvard Has Too Much Money to Have So Few StudentsScott Galloway on gargantuan endowments and why elite universities’ obsession with exclusivity and prestige is unethical.

By James D. Walsh
higher education May 11, 2020

What Is College Without the Campus?This crisis will reshape higher education — and not just this fall.
higher education May 11, 2020

The Coming Disruption to CollegeNYU Stern School of Business professor Scott Galloway predicts a handful of elite cyborg universities will soon monopolize higher education.

By James D. Walsh
college sports Sept. 15, 2016

UNH Is Spending a Big Donation From a Library Employee on Its Football StadiumBut don’t worry: University administrators are sure that, by the end of his life, he knew what football was.

By Jesse Singal
Aug. 1, 2016

It’s Now Legal to Carry a Concealed Gun on Public-College Campuses in TexasThe new law goes into effect on the 50th anniversary of a deadly school shooting at the University of Texas.

By Jen Kirby
campus protest Nov. 18, 2015

Students Across the U.S. Participate in #StudentBlackOut to Protest InjusticeCampus protest, circa 2015: watch for the hashtag.

By Elaine Godfrey
Apr. 15, 2014

What Was Brandeis Thinking When It Invited Ayaan Hirsi Ali to Speak?The Somali-born feminist and anti-Muslim activist was guaranteed to cause controversy. So why did Brandeis invite and then disinvite her?

By Benjamin Wallace-Wells
non-ironic news Dec. 11, 2011

NYC Colleges Dominate ‘Most Hipster’ Campus ListNo. 1: NYU.

By Menachem Kaiser
school daze Sept. 13, 2010

Yale and University of Singapore to Jointly Open Liberal-Arts College in AsiaBut students won’t graduate with Yale degrees, natch.

By Chris Rovzar