Covers
By
Peter Bozzo and Eric Smith
The debate over class-based affirmative action
By
Caroline Cox and Kaiyang Huang
U.S. high schools fail to prepare grads for college
By
Eric Hendey and Simon Thompson
Changes needed to bring tenure system into modernity
By
Alastair Su
Assessing the threat of grade inflation
By
Ioana Calcev
Why higher education is still too expensive
By
Aditi Ghai and Ken Liu
UC provides case studies of new modes of funding
By
Chris Danello
In May 1892, The Atlantic Monthly published an article of clear concern to the magazine’s readership: transformative changes in the admissions requirements for Harvard College. Harvard had dropped its 200-year-old requirement of studying Greek and Latin, and now allowed applicants the option of proving their fluency in “modern languages” like Spanish and French. As author James Jay Greenough reported, many ... Read More
By
Kathy Lee and John He
Failure to pass the DREAM Act highlights partisan gridlock
By
Luka Oreskovic
In expanding access to college, don't forget vocational training
By
Candice Kountz
The struggle over curricular reform, at Harvard and beyond
By
Lily Ostrer
New reform measures won't solve the problem of tuition rates
By
Brian Burton
The decades-long decline of single-sex higher education
United States
By Matthew Bewley and Toni Campbell
How America can address the climate challenge
By Alexander Chen
The midterms will leave the GOP facing a key decision for 2012
By Neil Patel and Pragya Kakani
What the Ground Zero mosque controversy has taught us
By Jeffrey Kalmus and Rajiv Tarigopula
How to count, not who to count, matters most
By Matthew Bewley
On reforming education and holding schools accountable
World
By Cindy Hsu
Election plunges Australian politics into uncertainty
By Isabelle Glimcher
Recent policy changes suggest a new openness towards Cuba
By Jimmy Wu and Joshua Lipson
Rwanda’s hardened reformer moves forward despite growing criticism
By Eliza Calihan
Addressing regional conflicts is at the heart of disarmament
Books & Arts
By
Taylor Helgren
A journalist’s search for purpose in a murky war
By
Paul Mathis
A history of the world's most dangerous weapon
By
Henry Shull
A candid look at a brutal war
By
Raul Quintana
A thoughtful meditation on East and West
By
Melanie Guzman
A Harvard law professor explores Gates-gate
By
Skyler Hicks
Taking on the foreign policy elite
Interviews
By Felix de Rosen
The former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on the global economy
By Matthew Bewley
On reforming education and holding schools accountable