New Columbia
The fight for DC statehood may have finally reached a tipping point As the young United States of America emerged from the shadow of its Revolutionary War and took its first steps as a new nation, the momentum to expand…
Category: Society
Pushing Up Ivies: Institutional Prestige and the Academic Caste System
By Robert L. Oprisko, Kirstie Lynn Dobbs, and Joseph DiGrazia Not all university professors are equal; they are not all peers. In academic hiring, candidates are often evaluated almost entirely upon their research output rather than their teaching prowess or service.…