Education Portland State University Unveils Final Retrenchment Plan Amid $35 Million Budget Crisis July 22, 2026 Sagoh By Portland State University (PSU) has officially moved forward with a controversial restructuring plan, marking a painful turning point for the institution. President Ann Cudd announced Tuesday that the university…
Education The Diminished Thing: Reclaiming the Moral and Aesthetic Heart of Literary Study July 21, 2026 Lina Irawan In the fall of 1980, when William Gruber joined the Department of English at Emory University, the academic landscape was a rigid, predictable grid. A PhD in English was a…
History From "John Doe" to Private John Pumphrey: Solving a 250-Year-Old Revolutionary War Mystery July 21, 2026 rifanmuazin By Ellen Wexler | July 10, 2026 For nearly two and a half centuries, he was a ghost of the American Revolution—a young boy who marched more than 1,000 miles,…
Education From Memorization to Discovery: Rethinking the Undergraduate STEM Experience July 21, 2026 Sagoh For decades, the "leaky pipeline" in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education has been a primary concern for academic administrators and faculty alike. Despite the growing demand for a…
History The Paradox of Progress: Reassessing the Legacy of Woodrow Wilson July 21, 2026 Nana Muazin Woodrow Wilson stands as one of the most polarizing figures in American history. To his admirers, he was the visionary intellectual who steered the United States into the modern era,…
Education Beyond the Fluff: Why "Backward Design" is the Future of Higher Education July 20, 2026 Ammar Sabilarrohman For many, the first day of a university course feels like a ritual of syllabus distribution—a document laden with dense paragraphs, rigid policies, and a list of lofty, often vague,…
History The Architect of Agency: How Ella Baker Redefined the Civil Rights Movement July 20, 2026 Lina Hope In the grand historical narrative of the American Civil Rights Movement, the spotlight has traditionally been reserved for charismatic orators and magnetic figures standing at the front of the march.…
Education The Disenchantment Gap: Why Young American Men Are Turning Away from Higher Education July 20, 2026 Layla Zulfa For decades, the American Dream was synonymous with the college degree—a reliable, gold-standard ticket to the middle class. However, a seismic shift in perspective is currently underway, particularly among young…
Education The Data Reckoning: Preparing for the Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement (ACTS) July 20, 2026 Asro In the coming months, the landscape of American higher education will face a significant shift in public scrutiny. The federal government is poised to publish data from its inaugural Admissions…
History The Man Who Unmasked America: How Lincoln Steffens Invented Modern Investigative Journalism July 20, 2026 Pevita Pearce In the landscape of 19th-century American media, the concept of "objective" reporting was, at best, a foreign notion and, at worst, an impossible ideal. Americans living on isolated farmsteads or…
