May 22, 2025

Are Colleges Rebounding on Speech?

A recent Gallup/Lumina survey suggests that universities may be correcting course.

Free speech is a foundational value of American life, yet our college campuses are justly accused of not adequately fostering a free-speech environment. Few will have forgotten the tensions of…

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May 21, 2025

The Benefits of DEI? Not So Much

The Trump administration is, for the first time since the emergence of the full-blown DEI regime in higher education, looking closely at what that movement has produced and where it…

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May 19, 2025

What Happened to the NC A&T Gambling Probe?

It’s been more than three months since news broke that federal investigators are allegedly looking into an illegal gambling ring’s unusual wagering on North Carolina A&T basketball. Getting official confirmation…

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May 16, 2025

The Truman Foundation Must Embrace Civic Seriousness

Last spring, I coauthored an AEI report examining the taxpayer-subsidized Truman Scholarship program, founded in 1975 to identify “aspiring leaders” during their college years and encourage “their commitments to careers…

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May 15, 2025

Students Don’t Want Political Statements From Administrators

Over the last several years, we have seen many colleges and universities make aggrieved statements in response to current events, from the election of President Trump to the death of…

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May 14, 2025

States Are Taking Up Higher-Ed Reform

The Trump administration’s flurry of action on education reform creates space for states to chart their own paths. Efforts to abolish the Department of Education aim to “return education to…

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May 12, 2025

Professionalization Is Killing College Sports

Let us take for granted that the NCAA in its prime was greedy, hypocritical, reactionary, schoolmarmish, tone-deaf, and more than a little absurd. That case is not difficult to make,…

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May 9, 2025

American Colleges Are Building a New Elite

On paper, he should have been the dream candidate. IQ over 145. SAT score of 1580. Valedictorian. Varsity athlete. Student-government leader. Dozens of AP classes. In a more rational time,…

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May 8, 2025

Should Professors Be Career Mentors?

The original purpose of the university was simple: the academic formation of its students. Over the past several decades, however, society’s perception of higher-education institutions has grown to encompass numerous…

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