Oct 13, 2025

Stop Meeting Students Where They Are

North Carolina colleges should correct a bad academic habit.

Over the past several years, a common refrain in education has been that educators need to “meet students where they are.” Equally common is the promise to do just that—and…

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Oct 10, 2025

Oklahoma’s Teacher Test: Right Problem, Wrong Answer

This summer, Oklahoma’s then-superintendent Ryan Walters announced a new test for would-be teachers from New York and California, promising that it would keep out “woke indoctrinators” from those states (and…

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Oct 9, 2025

Trump’s Higher-Ed Compact Is Fine

If contrariness were an academic discipline, American colleges would lead the world in its study. Such is the lesson of the Trump administration’s higher-ed “compact,” a 10-point bargain offered to…

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Oct 8, 2025

Universities Sued Over Racial Discrimination in Hiring

So strong is the desire for “diversity” (at least racial diversity) in higher education that school and college officials often turn a blind eye to the law against racial discrimination…

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Oct 7, 2025

Legal Trouble on the Boulevard of Broken Dreams

The Los Angeles Film School is caught up in a scandal over its alleged efforts to trick students into believing that its graduates do extraordinarily well in the Hollywood job…

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Oct 6, 2025

50-State Comparison: Civics Education

Many American colleges and universities are neglecting civics education. While some states or university system boards require students to study key documents and events in American history through mandatory course…

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Oct 6, 2025

Job Training and the Liberal Arts

Martin Center: How did this working group and report come to exist? Toby King: Last year, Peter Hans, UNC System president, approached the faculty assembly and said, “I feel that…

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The Coming Jewish-Student “Brain Drain”

After the most recent outbreak of campus antisemitism in America, the Israel Association of University Heads issued a statement denouncing the mistreatment in question and voicing their support for Jewish…

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Oct 2, 2025

Demand More of Students

A recent study from Tyton Partners reveals that what students believe about AI use is quite at odds with their actual AI use. The study, which surveyed over 1,500 students,…

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