The College Enrollment Drop Explored
The number of undergraduates attending U.S. colleges and universities remains down by over a million since the onset of the pandemic. Many small colleges,...
Visit from Andrei Kirilenko
Last spring, Andrei Kirilenko, a professor of finance at the University of Cambridge in the UK, visited my U.S. History class via Zoom. Professor...
Applying to U.S. Colleges and Universities: How competitive is it really?
Thirty years ago, with the exception of a couple of highly specialized schools, virtually no institutions admitted less than 10% of their applicants. Now...
College Costs Are Out of Control
“College Costs Are Out of Control!” and other similar headlines are a constant in the media coverage of higher education. The most expensive private...
George Kennan’s “Long Telegram”
My U.S. History class just read George Kennan’s “Long Telegram,” and we were all struck by the currency of Kennan’s observations. In those early days of the Cold War, Ken...
History on the Streets
Several seniors participated in a Philadelphia History seminar last spring during the last several weeks of the semester and in lieu of the usual...
Bucolic College Towns in the Era of COVID-19
Since the beginning of the 21st century, college-bound high schoolers have increasingly favored larger urban universities. Perhaps the COVID-19 pandemic will moderate tha...
Your Tax Dollars at Work, Spreading Quaker Values
Three Friends’ Central teachers – Dwight Dunston ’06, Al Vernacchio, and I – spend a few days each summer working (indirectly) for the United...