By Andrew MacDonald. When examining the multitude of controversies that have punctuated Donald Trump’s short time as President of the United States of America, it is difficult to identify any one act as being more contentious than the next. Nevertheless, the late January Executive Order preventing nationals of seven majority-Muslim nations entering the USA would have to be a frontrunner – at least so far. More...
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. A bill protecting free speech rights on public college and university campuses sailed through committee with a unanimous vote Thursday. More...
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Palomar College wants incoming students to go to school for free. The north San Diego County community college announced its Palomar Promise program Wednesday. More...
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The Senate on Monday, March 13, passed on 3rd and final reading a bill that will provide full tuition subsidy for students in state universities and colleges (SUCs). More...
By Gary A. Olson. Like all of the free tuition plans proposed to date, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s plan in its present form will have unintended consequences that could be devastating to the state’s economy. More...
By Maev Kennedy. Students from all over the world who sign up to a new free online course on ancient Rome from the University of Reading will be invited to explore its temples, monuments, shops and back streets, through the most detailed digital model of the ancient city ever created. More...
By . Milo Yiannopoulos and the ‘alt-right’ talk about censorship, but what’s really happening is an ideological battle for what is culturally acceptable. More...
By Alex Usher. Once upon a time, there were two broad streams of thought about tuition in public higher education. The first was simple enough: make it free. No charge at the point of service, no charge ever, just a universal benefit…for those lucky enough to get in (on the whole, “free” tuition countries tend to have fewer students because there is less money to accommodate them). More...
By Barbara Fister. I believe in freedom of speech. I believe in the value of exploring ideas you don’t agree with. I believe in the value of the Freedom to Read Statement, formulated and adopted during the McCarthy era by publishers and librarians who pushed back against the then-dominant idea that those who associated with the wrong ideas should be investigated in a cloud of suspicion that could get a person fired or worse. More...
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