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Plus: A listener asks the editors to steel man the case for the Jones Act, an antiquated law that regulates maritime commerce in U.S. waters.
The new rules allow students to be found guilty of assaulting a classmate without ever seeing the full evidence against them.
The university has a history of suppressing speech from both sides of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
The author of The Anxious Generation argues that parents, schools, and society must keep kids off of social media.
A recent case in the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals highlights just how bloated PSLF eligibility has become.
A shoddy effort to simplify the financial aid form led to errors affecting 30 percent of this year's FAFSA applications.
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whether at administrators' homes or in law school classrooms.
Despite their informal nature, those norms have historically constrained U.S. fiscal policy. But they're eroding.
"What's the most effective way for law students to fight injustice?"
Colleges have turned away from standardized testing in admissions. Are the tests really that bad?
State government officials deploy scare tactics against families of special needs students seeking alternatives.
Instead of making the FAFSA form easier for families, persistent technical issues have imperiled vital financial aid information for millions of students.
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The new plan is much less ambitious than the president's 2022 blanket forgiveness effort, mostly relying on an expansion of previous smaller-scale debt cancelation schemes.
When schools get rid of advanced offerings, they hurt smart, underprivileged students.
Since COVID-era school closures, chronic absenteeism has increased from 15 to 26 percent, with poor districts struggling the most.
DARE to Say No details the history of an anti-drug campaign that left an indelible mark on America.
This would virtually ensure the case can't be dismissed for lack of standing, thanks to Missouri's precedent-setting Supreme Court victory in Biden v. Nebraska. The Show Me State can once again really show 'em!
There are many parallels between this case and the one the Supreme Court decided in Biden v. Nebraska, invalidating Biden's previous large-scale loan forgiveness plan.
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The audience's tolerance for the truth about bullying has diminished in our oversensitive age.
A new survey highlights how fear-based parenting drives phone-based childhoods.
The psychologist and bestselling author argues that Harvard's free speech policy was so "selectively prosecuted that it became a national joke."
A rushed attempt to simplify the financial aid form has led to persistent technical difficulties, frustrating families and colleges alike.
All too often, admission is only open to students whose families can afford a home inside the districts’ boundaries or pay transfer student tuition.
The podcasting pioneer argues that "history is a moving target."
The pandemic showed that America's founders were right to create a system of checks and balances that made it hard for leaders to easily have their way.
Most aspiring journalists need an apprenticeship, not a degree.
In the name of safety, politicians did many things that diminished our lives—without making us safer.
Schools districts that stayed almost entirely remote significantly hindered progress, according to new data.
Are law professors too quick to sign their names on briefs submitted to courts? Is this a problem?
James Crumbley, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter, may be an unsympathetic defendant. But this prosecution still made little sense.
The president of the new University of Austin wants to reverse the decline of higher education in America.
After blaming the state's bathroom law, The New York Times says "it has never been clear" whether gender identity figured in the fight that preceded Nex Benedict's death.
Notre Dame law Prof. Derek Muller so finds in a new analysis of law professor political donations between 2017 and 2023.
The college is the latest in a spate of schools reinstating SAT and ACT test requirements.
The updated FAFSA form has been marred with technical problems, leaving many students unable to complete the financial aid form entirely.
Biden claims that billions in loan forgiveness is "good for the economy," but his plans will end up costing taxpayers almost $500 billion.