Day: May 26, 2025

Smile If You Hate Rigor—Scrap Student Evaluations of Professors

Under the guise of student-centered priorities, institutions of higher education have relied on student evaluations of teaching (SETs) as a core component of faculty assessment. These evaluations are typically presented as a means of capturing student feedback to improve instruction and measure teaching effectiveness. However, a growing body of empirical research has revealed that SETs […]

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Harvard Insider Blows Whistle: This Place Is ‘Totally Corrupted’

Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from an article originally published by the City Journal on May 20, 2025. It is crossposted here with permission. Omar Sultan Haque has spent 23 years at Harvard University. He is furious about what has happened within the school. While the media have framed the recent fight between Harvard […]

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The Financial Crunch on Campus

Being a student, for most people, has always meant living on a reduced amount of money. There’s a pride to be had in managing to stick to a budget, or clubbing in with your housemates to make a cheap pasta bake because you can split the cost. Student social nights are also designed with this […]

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Colleges Offer Flexible, Affordable Paths for Veterans and Military Families

With the anticipation of summer, it might be all too easy to forget that May is Military Appreciation Month. But regardless of our anticipated vacation plans and the upheavals we might be facing in our daily news feeds, we do need to acknowledge the selfless commitment our service men and women undergo on a daily […]

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