ACTA is pleased to launch a series of conversations with college students experiencing the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Our first episode features Daniel Acosta-Rivas, rising senior at American University, and Erez Binyamin, who has...
Alaska lawmakers failed to override the governor’s veto of $444 million from the […]
Pennsylvania could be on a path to becoming the most unaffordable state in the nation for students to pursue a college education. It’s not a direction that Gov. Tom Wolf or state lawmakers say...
In “Those Hidden College Fees,” Rochelle Sharpe correctly observes that the underlying reasons for the rising costs of college are not immediately clear to students and families, since institutions can easily divert funds from...
CHARTER schools have a proven record of success, and have often been a godsend for poor and minority children. Unlike traditional public schools, however, Oklahoma charter schools don’t receive local property taxes to pay...
Are there really too many high-achieving college applicants? Ted O’Neill, dean of admissions at the University of Chicago for two decades, seems to think so, writing recently, “It was nice to be able to...
To the Editor: “Colleges Pile Renovation Costs Onto the Plates of Students” (front page, Dec. 6) describes a grotesque commodification of higher education. Burdening students with hidden fees, through partnerships with dining vendors like...
University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan said she has personally written letters to the principals of 80 high schools in low-income areas of the state in an effort to aggressively recruit a more diverse...
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