UM’s cost of attendance calculation masks tuition jump, risking poor financ...

Tuition at the University of Miami increased from $63,456 to $66,312 this year. However, the total cost of attendance for on-campus students increased by just $754, going from $98,118 to $98,872 due t...

The study abroad bubble

I arrived in Rome a couple months ago believing I would be fully immersed in a new culture. This expectation has proven to be partially true.  By exploring the city, I’ve experienced a different la...

The plastic surgery pandemic

Have you ever wished you were prettier? Body dissatisfaction is so common among women that researchers call it “normative discontentment.”  Right now, more people than ever are seeing cosmetic s...

Dear family influencers: your children should not be the breadwinners

On social media, children are everywhere. And we’re watching.  In the traditional entertainment industry, children are protected by federal and state laws. These protections should be extended to c...

Money talks: the importance of campaign finance reform

In the op-ed “Confessions of a Congressman,” former Congressman Steve Israel revealed why he decided to leave Congress. Spoiler alert: it’s because of “a fund-raising regime that’s never been more da...

People who are pro-life and people who are pro-choice should work together

In Florida, Amendment 4, a proposal to expand abortion rights in the state constitution, failed to pass by just 2.8 percentage points, highlighting the significant divide among Florida's population o...

Affirmative action is dead, but diversity isn’t doomed

After the Supreme Court ruled that affirmative action could not be used in college admissions in June of 2023, experts predicted that history would repeat itself and colleges would become less racial...

Jennifer Desantis