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Today’s Atlantic Trivia: Name That College Town
2+ hour, 6+ min ago (280+ words) Test your knowledge'and read our latest stories for a little extra help. If you put any stock in the ability of IQ tests to assess intelligence, we humans have spent the past century steadily getting smarter. (And if you don't…...
The Worst-Case Future for White-Collar Workers
10+ hour, 30+ min ago (232+ words) The well-off have no experience with the job market that might be coming. White-collar workers are getting nervous, with good reason. Sure, 98 percent of college graduates who want a job still have one, and wages are ticking up. Sure, some…...
College Enters Its Chain-Store Era
16+ hour, 30+ min ago (70+ words) College Enters Its Chain-Store Era'The Atlantic Elite universities are taking the concept of a satellite campus to its logical extreme. Vanderbilt University, in Nashville, is the sort of highly selective institution that jockeys for the unofficial title of Harvard of…...
First Jobs Matter More Than We Think
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (118+ words) First Jobs Matter More Than We Think'The Atlantic They could help us solve society's biggest problems. When Jack Waxman, a government major at Cornell, was a senior, he faced a choice. He could pursue a job in Senator Chuck Schumer's…...
The Multibillion-Dollar Foundation That Controls the Humanities
6+ day, 11+ hour ago (31+ words) What Is the Mellon Foundation Doing to Higher Education?The Atlantic Is the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation the last best hope for American arts and letters'or is it killing them?...
Pete Hegseth’s Attack on Harvard
1+ week, 2+ day ago (128+ words) The anger at the Ivy League is about status envy, not war-fighting. Harvard University has more than 100 students who are in the Reserve Officer Training Corps. They will get their diploma and then put their life on the line for…...
Reading Is a Practice, Not a Chore
1+ week, 5+ day ago (66+ words) Try an attitude shift that doesn't force you to choose between setting strict reading goals and giving up altogether. First, here are four stories from The Atlantic's Books section: Stop Meeting Students Where They Are What I learned when I…...
The Atlantic Exchange: Who Will Lead American Science?
1+ week, 6+ day ago (81+ words) For decades, America's universities have been at the forefront of scientific discovery and innovation, cementing the country's role as a global leader in research and technology. But the recent policy shifts deliberately targeting universities and scientific research are reshaping the…...
C’mon, Professors, Assign the Hard Reading
2+ week, 2+ day ago (121+ words) College kids aren't reading novels'but that's because not enough teachers are asking them to. College kids aren't reading novels'but that's because not enough teachers are asking them to. Idrees Kahloon: America is sliding toward illiteracy From the November 2024 issue: The…...
Billy Fleming, The Atlantic
2+ week, 3+ day ago (49+ words) Billy Fleming is the Wilks Family Director of the Ian L. McHarg Center at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design. He is a co-author of The Indivisible Guide, a co-creator of Data Refuge, and an alumnus of the Obama administration's…...