Feb 19, 2026

Should Illegal Immigrants Get In-State Tuition?

The debate over who gets higher-ed benefits is raging in the states.

Politicians in different states see in-state tuition benefits for “undocumented” students very differently. Some see them as rewarding illegal immigration, while others see them as investing in the community. States…

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Feb 18, 2026

Let’s Build Conservative Scholarly Journals

The report “Peer Review Gone Wild”—co-released by the Martin Center, the Goldwater Institute, and Defending Education—makes for compulsive reading. In it, Goldwater’s Timothy K. Minella details the dumpster fire that…

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Feb 17, 2026

Advanced No More

The Advanced Placement program has made the College Board one of the most economically dominant and pedagogically powerful organizations in American education, at least for now. Since 2023, the company…

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Feb 16, 2026

“Buyout” Madness

Last October, after Louisiana State University’s football team lost 49-25 at home to Texas A&M, head coach Brian Kelly was unceremoniously fired. Kelly had been hired from Notre Dame at…

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Feb 13, 2026

Less Than Words Can Say

If you saw the 2004 Pixar hit The Incredibles, you might remember that Mr. Incredible, a.k.a. Bob, captures in one line the reason our schools are failing. Resisting his wife’s…

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Feb 12, 2026

UNC Tuition Has Already Tripled

Last month, members of the UNC System Board of Governors’ Committee on Budget and Finance discussed proposed tuition increases, including increases for in-state undergraduates. This is the first time in…

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Where Are All the Men?

The majority of students sitting in college classrooms today are female. Decades-long efforts to increase female representation in academia appear to have worked—perhaps too well. Women carry two-thirds of all…

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Feb 11, 2026

Should Community Colleges Offer Four-Year Degrees?

More junior colleges are offering four-year bachelor’s degrees in addition to two-year associate’s degrees, and traditional universities hate the competition. But while students and policymakers should welcome new options, junior…

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Feb 9, 2026

State Law Must Supersede Accreditor Requirements

Members of the North Carolina General Assembly have spent years pursuing higher-education reform and reclaiming authority over the state’s university system. Legislators in other states have done likewise. Yet another…

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