I wish I could change a lot of things about higher education. At this time, if I could just change one thing, I would make quality higher education affordable and accessible to every person. It shouldn’t be an elitist system that is only accessible to people who can afford it. It would also be helpful […]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/students-protest-virginia-tech-instructor-in-debate-over-white-supremacy/2017/11/05/b92e05a2-c17a-11e7-97d9-bdab5a0ab381_story.html?utm_term=.e927d0e24ae0 Maybe because we are, essentially, powerless at stopping hate? What do you do when someone who supports white supremacy is a graduate teaching assistant? I guess you could complain to university officials and protest in any way you know how. It still feels like this doesn’t lead to change. The link at the beginning […]

https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2017/12/01/new-report-college-credit-high-school I graduated from high school in 2009. At that time, I knew of several options for obtaining college credit in high school, but my school only offered a few advanced placement (AP) classes (environmental science, government, United States history, english, biology, calculus) and a very limited selection of dual enrollment courses. At that time, […]

Yet another blog post about this proposed tax plan. If you didn’t know, the government wants to tax the tuition of grad students, which we get a waiver for. Not that this was ever a joke, but its not funny anymore, you guys. Just a couple of weeks ago when this news came out, I […]