高等教育界全体を見渡すと、そんなふうには見えないかもしれない。東部の名門私立大8校「アイビーリーグ」のほか、スタンフォード、デューク、シカゴ大など同クラスにある一握りの大学は、国際的な名声と優秀な学生や教授を選べる特権を持つだけでなく、潤沢な資金と裕福な卒業生を抱えている。その一方で、公立大と、特に小規模な私立大は人員とプログラムを削減し、多くが閉校している。

Even with Republican control of Congress, there are factions with diverging goals.

Does it include the ex-meth trafficker who brought a metal baton and swung it at police?

The Judicial Conference refuses his demand to refer Justice Thomas to the Attorney General for phantom disclosure violations.

After Jan. 1 changes, 22 states now have a flat or zero income-tax rate.

U.S. spats with Israel caused the terrorists to pull back from a hostage deal.

The agency lacks the authority to regulate today’s small reactors, and there’s no need for it to do so.

Silicon Valley tech nonconformists will upend the status quo. Let it happen.

A regime leak to the Miami Herald reveals that the Havana elite is hoarding billions.

Reallocate 55,000 visas to employment-based programs.

As with his other work, the surgeon general’s report is light on facts, heavy on expanding government.

America’s strength lies in its meritocratic system.