Winning the Issues is just out of the field with a brand new survey (January 8-12; 1,000 registered voters). Among the new numbers in this latest survey is an updated look at whether voters have more confidence in the Republican Party or the Democratic Party to handle the issue of
2025 was a tumultuous year for higher education. It began with DOGE and its funding cuts, including cuts to health care programs and research. Shortly after, many well-known institutions found themselves in the news as the administration announced it would halt or significantly curtail their federal funds. In the latter
Last month, the Trump administration announced that it was taking action to “break up” the department of education by rehoming certain functions to the Departments of Labor, the Interior, Health and Human Services, and State. The move, the announcement says, is meant to “move closer to fulfilling the President’s promise to
Two weeks ago, we took a look at the recent UC San Diego report on its remedial math course, which found that the number of students needing remediation in even middle and elementary school math skills had risen sharply in the last several years. This week, we return to that
In a report released earlier this month, UC San Diego sought to address what its Senate-Administration Workgroup on Admissions called “a steep decline in the academic preparation of its entering first-year students”. This decline, they write, “poses serious challenges both to student success and to the university’s instructional mission.” While writing and language were
Last week, The Washington Post reported on efforts in Virginia to increase the cut scores on the Standards of Learning assessments. “The goal,” the paper reported, “is to align state exam standards with the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), a federal test used to measure career readiness and student achievement.” The effort is