Debates rage daily over basic U.S. civics and history. It turns out that many of us don’t know what we’re talking about. Despite some people’s absolute certainty in their knowledge, a recent poll of...
Is the study of history becoming, well, history? According to Benjamin Schmidt of Northeastern University, the number of bachelor’s degrees granted in history declined from 34,642 in 2008 to 24,266 in 2017 even as other majors,...
THEY CALL this Presidents’ Day. Or Presidents Day. And if there’s not a copy editor around, you might get away with President’s Day. You’d be forgiven in wondering why. Are we celebrating all presidents...
The American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) has launched a new web-based tool that makes it easier to track and compare college expenditures. It’s called HowCollegesSpendMoney, and it promises to be an invaluable, user-friendly,...
There seems to be no end in sight to the intense fighting over Silent Sam, the University of North Carolina monument that honors those students who fought in the Confederate army, and no one...
Last week, the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) released the new website: HowCollegesSpendMoney.com. It provides data and graphs based on the U.S. Department of Education’s Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System and includes...
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