West Virginia University is not the only higher education institution in the state going through a challenging “rightsizing.” Shepherd University in Shepherdstown is also trying to figure […]
Tag: higher education
It’s really not all about money
A young couple I know, recent grads from a state university, share a walk-up apartment in a gritty part of town. They buy their T-shirts used. They […]
Sept. 24 letters to the editor
Value of higher ed underestimated West Virginia Senate President Craig Blair recently wrote in regard to the faculty and staff cuts being pushed through at WVU despite […]
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. […]
General education classes strengthen democracy
by Colleen E. Wynn and Elizabeth Ziff Higher education faces a new wave of attacks from Republican politicians. In 2022, legislators in 36 states introduced 137 “educational […]
Chamber conference: Four higher ed presidents focus on training the workforce of the future
MORGANTOWN – Higher education means preparing a strong workforce, four college and university presidents told members of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce on Friday. It was […]
Forgotten value of liberal arts
There’s a disheartening national trend where universities, as they contend with declining student enrollment and less government funding, shift their focus and narrow their offerings so earning […]
The right-wing campaign to make our kids dumber
by Michael Hiltzik For reasons that may not be too hard to understand, Republicans and conservatives seem to be intent on turning their K-12 schools, colleges and […]
Gee should ask for help from W.Va. Legislature
It’s an open secret that the majority of the West Virginia Legislature dislikes Morgantown — and everything related to it. (“Dislike” borders on understatement, but “hates” seemed […]
HEPC revokes authority from AB
Financially troubled Alderson Broaddus University had its authorization pulled Monday during an emergency meeting of the Higher Education Policy Commission, and state higher education officials prepared an […]
