Post-Tribune Opinion

Bradshaw: Why some majors are harder to get into than the college itself

December 20, 2025 at 8:00 a.m.

As with so much in education, information is power. The student who digs a little...

November 28, 2025 at 10:30 a.m.

At top schools, the people who read and vote on applications come from wildly different...

November 15, 2025 at 7:12 p.m.

True commitment to “putting students first” means fully investing in our public schools so that...

November 9, 2025 at 12:20 p.m.

In municipal government, the needs of the community must come before party politics. The closer...

October 4, 2025 at 3:24 p.m.

The wisdom of restorative justice says we cannot make the world safer by choosing revenge;...

August 23, 2025 at 10:00 a.m.

We can recognize how far we’ve come since August 26, 1920, when the 19th Amendment...

August 1, 2025 at 1:54 p.m.

The truth is, top-tier admissions today is less like applying for a job — and...

July 3, 2025 at 3:51 p.m.

More than ever, international students are setting their sights on public universities — especially top-tier...

June 20, 2025 at 12:23 p.m.

At the end of the day, what top colleges want most is not an ideology...

April 27, 2025 at 10:00 a.m.

And Lake County Prosecutor Bernard Carter hasn't commented about receiving “the highest recognition” from the...