HELLER: COVID-19 demonstrates the need for universal free tuition
By Matt Heller | March 29, 2020Free tuition at public colleges is affordable, equitable and will be effective at stimulating economic growth.
Free tuition at public colleges is affordable, equitable and will be effective at stimulating economic growth.
Though there will almost certainly be dark days ahead, in the absence of moral leadership from the White House, Americans from all walks of life have risen to the occasion.
Unfortunately, far too many people refuse to see the startling urgency of this situation.
There’s something totally inappropriate with criminalizing teenagers for private and consensual sexual interaction.
The Sanders campaign should recognize the challenges associated with pushing forward with a losing campaign and cut its losses.
We can only look to the future, and that requires acknowledging that shutting down the economy will have consequences that we have yet to fully comprehend.
The University must commit to finding a later and safer time frame to hold Final Exercises in order to properly recognize the hard work and dedication of graduating University students.
Voters must reject both extreme attitudes and think pragmatically about an immigration policy that not only benefits the United States but also ensures our nation remains an attractive destination for migrants.
Honor must maintain expulsion as a sanction, but it must move away from a single-sanction system.
The media must present the real truth of stories and not give fuel to the fire that is misinformation.
While the commitment and resolve of student leaders at the University are respectable, complacency in the face of declining institutional trust cannot be tolerated.
Regardless of any costs or benefits of eliminating in-class lectures for two weeks, the safety of students must be the most important consideration in all scenarios — cancelling or making classes remote for two weeks is the only way to ensure this safety.
This ongoing demonstrated need for women’s center counseling makes it undoubtedly clear that it is time for an increase in funding to the women’s center.
In Charlottesville, the apparent issue of single-family zoning has been front and center in housing policy.
The honor of the many does not depend on the expulsion of a few.
As convenient and exciting as renting an e-scooter may be, they are fundamentally a danger both to their users and pedestrians — the city of Charlottesville should seek to ban them.
The administration has time and time again caved into pressures to conform to progressive dogma.
In order to produce more capable and well-rounded students, the University should expand its general education requirements in all of its schools.
Students and faculty stand to benefit from the application of drill requirements to public higher education institutions.
D.C. statehood would allow for District residents to finally enjoy rights to adequate political representation without undermining the articles of the Constitution.