A Few Students Gripe, So Duke Cans a Popular Professor After 20 Years
A few years ago, a leftist prof wrote a piece in which he admitted that he was “terrified“” of his students.
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Should We Allow Children of Undocumented Immigrants into Our Universities?
That has been a policy dispute for many years, going back at least to 1980 as Indiana University professor Fabio Rojas reminds us in this Martin Center piece. In it, ...
Start Working to Get a Job While You’re in College
Most college students are enrolled mainly because they believe that having a degree is essential to their future success.
How One University Earned a ‘Green Light’ Rating from FIRE
Jenna Robinson discusses the ten year process of getting North Carolina State to “green light.”
How Mergers and Consolidations Help Colleges and Students
In the University of Georgia system, mergers and consolidations have been rather common, with benefits for state taxpayers and for students.
For-Profit Higher Ed Has Gotten a Bad Rap
The Obama administration went to great lengths to demonize and tear down for-profit higher education.
Black Mountain College Shows What We’ve Lost by Homogenizing Higher Ed
One of the many adverse effects of federal intervention in higher education has been its homogenization.
At Last — An American History Text That’s Not Anti-American
Professor Mark Bauerlein calls McClay's book “the antidote to the abysmal levels of historical knowledge our high school graduates possess.”
On the Need to Protect Free Speech on Campus
If higher education officials want to avoid more federal oversight, they should concentrate on “getting its own house in order” Downs says.
Another Way Colleges Gouge Their Students — Meal Plans
For many students, saving $1,000—or even $500—per semester is a major boon. It could be the difference between graduating or dropping out."