Jan 22, 2026

Why College-Goers Misunderstand Debt

Prospective students need basic financial literacy to understand their investment. Do they have it?

Student-loan debt is one of the largest financial obligations many Americans will ever take on. To an 18-year-old who has never paid rent or balanced a budget, $80,000 in loans…

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Jan 21, 2026

The “World” of College Sports

International student-athletes account for about 13 percent of NCAA Division I participants and about seven percent of Division II. Yet, despite their small numbers, international student-athletes may be bellwethers for…

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Jan 19, 2026

When Dad Says No, Ask Mom

Referred to as “the university of the people” by alumnus Charles Kuralt in his iconic 1993 bicentennial address, UNC has a governance structure designed to ensure accountability to North Carolina’s…

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The “Mindfulness” Degree

Do American colleges still teach students how to think? Or have whole programs been built on fashionable but unexamined assumptions? Increasingly, one wonders whether parts of the curriculum are outright…

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Jan 15, 2026

A Higher-Ed Experiment in the Desert

As America enters an era that will seemingly be dominated by artificial intelligence (AI), many question the value of a college education. John Adams College (JAC), a recently founded liberal-arts…

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Jan 14, 2026

University Retaliates Against Professor for Speaking His Mind

If ever a case made plain the clash of values between freedom of speech and the desire of college administrators to compel everyone to support their “progressive” beliefs, Reges v.…

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Jan 12, 2026

“Accommodation Nation” in the UNC System

Late last year, the Atlantic’s Rose Horowitch penned a widely shared essay on campus “disability accommodations,” the practice whereby students with learning disorders such as ADHD receive extra time on…

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Jan 12, 2026

Blueprint for Reform: Indiana

Indiana’s public universities face mounting pressure from declining enrollment, rising administrative costs, and eroding public trust. Demographic projections indicate a sharp contraction in the college-age population over the coming decades,…

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Jan 9, 2026

The Wisconsin Higher-Ed Reform Model

Provisions in a budget passed in the Badger State this previous summer require that faculty at Wisconsin’s two flagship universities—UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee—now teach at least one course per semester and…

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