Editorial: Students return amid federal assault against higher education

Editorial: Students return amid federal assault against higher education

The coming week at Old Dominion University will bring the familiar march of young people and their parents, arms heavy with essential supplies and the comforts of home, moving in for the start of another academic year. The same scene will play out at other schools in Hampton Roads and across the commonwealth as campuses spring to life once again. While things may look much the same as they did in the spring, the landscape has shifted dramaticall…