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The Education Issue
Artwork by Todd St. John. Photo illustration by Craig Cutler.
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Table of Contents
The Education Issue

What Is the Point of College?

Is it supposed to train students, or transform them? Can these two perspectives be reconciled?

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Is College Tuition Really Too High?

The answer depends on what you mean by college.

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A Prescription for More Black Doctors

How does tiny Xavier University in New Orleans manage to send more African-American students to medical school than any other college in the country?

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If You Build It, They Will Come ... Won’t They?

The University of Cincinnati is trying to raise its profile through a risky (but increasingly common) investment: expensive architecture.

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The Return of the Sex Wars

The decades-old intellectual debate simmering beneath the current conversation over sexual assault on campus.

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Why We Should Fear University, Inc.

Against the corporate taming of the American college.


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