The start of the fall semester at West Virginia University always takes me back to when I arrived on campus exactly 50 years ago. (Geesh, I cannot […]
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WVU welcomes new, returning students with Welcome Week activities
Offering a mix of activities for all West Virginia University students — new and returning — Welcome Week will run Thursday through Aug. 23, providing ways for […]
As we send our babies to college, do we do enough to celebrate the village that raised them?
by Heidi Stevens I’m sending my baby to college in a few minutes. Fine, a few months. It feels like minutes. It has all felt like minutes. […]
The root causes of lower learning
by Cal Thomas We are constantly told how necessary it is to find the “root causes” of everything, from crime, to illegal immigration, to the wave of […]
Guest essay: What is the value of liberal education?
by Christopher Wilkinson While West Virginia University was in the throes of the fiscal crisis resulting in the elimination of faculty, staff and disciplines, there were repeated […]
Sports are part of the college curriculum, too
by Tyler Cowen For many foreigners, the prevalence of athletics is one of the strangest features of the U.S. system of higher education. America is a leader […]
Guest essay: Fall is a sign of change! Let’s change our perception of higher education
by Alicia Kalka Growing up in West Virginia, I’ve always loved this time of year. Fall is a reminder that change is on the horizon. West Virginians, […]
‘COVID Cohort’ says it was ready for college — despite having high school disrupted by the pandemic
Marianna Morgano got the last word on COVID last spring as she took the microphone during the Class of 2023 commencement at Morgantown High School. After all, […]
College students were ‘woke’ in the ’60s, annoying to elders and drivers of social change. Meet their successors
by Michael S. Roth What would it be this time, I wondered, as the protesting students rushed into my office a few years ago at Wesleyan University. […]
Guest essay: College is worth it — and so are you
by Alicia Kalka The national conversation on the value of a college degree is heating up. We hear it in the media outlets every week. There are […]
