We live in a data-driven world. Departments should use it to improve TA experiences.
Teaching is a cultivated art and efforts to grow assistants’ skills should stem from department experience.
Dining Dollars encourage overconsumption and enable high prices. Let’s abolish them.
Even the smallest victories in cutting costs can be huge in college students' day-to-day lives.
A public database of hazing and sexual assault incidents will make Greek life safer
A more detailed public record would make Greek Life safer and stifle unsubstantiated rumors.
Clearer GPA standards, support will solve computer science’s admissions issues
Computer science was over enrolled, but these new admissions rules don’t add up.
UMD must empower our creatives through a summer worldbuilding program
A landmark investment in student creativity would show the world it's no accident so many great fiction writers are Terps.
Biden’s path to victory goes through Democrat mobilization, not moderate pandering
Biden's brand must be rousing enough to motivate apathetic voters and forceful enough to establish a rift between him and Republicans.
An expanded Big Ten alliance could be a game changer for equitable university policy
The Big Ten Academic Alliance is impressive, but the universities involved have a responsibility to do better.
If Resident Life workers want UMD to listen to their demands, they must unionize
A union for Resident Life staff would serve as a beacon of hope on a campus marred by exploitation.