Day: May 9, 2025

Median Cost of Attendance is Great Idea

One of the best parts of the higher ed portion of the reconciliation bill being pushed in the House of Representatives is a shift from cost of attendance (COA) to median cost of attendance (MCOA). What is the Cost of Attendance and Why Does It Matter? COA is the total cost of attending college, including […]

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To Rescue Science, Phase Out Research Grants

Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from the soon-to-be-published National Association of Scholars report, Rescuing Science. It has been edited to align with Minding the Campus’s style guidelines and is cross-posted here with permission.  Public funding of academic research is shaping up as a major political confrontation between universities and the Trump administration. The first […]

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James Easton vs. Benedict Arnold: Anatomy of a Feud

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by the Journal of the American Revolution on November 26, 2024. With edits to match MTC’s style guidelines, it is cross-posted here with permission. The adjectives leveled Benedict Arnold’s way by contemporaries and historians leave little room for doubt. Though he inspired devotion among those serving under him, the […]

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