A Rough Guide To Merit
Placed prominently within President Trump’s controversial “compact” for higher education was a call to center merit in admissions. The president’s offer to universities, which followed more than a decade of…
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A Triumph for Civic Renewal at America’s 250th
At a time when we Americans routinely worry about the health of our civic culture, the U.S. Department of Education has made a notable investment. Earlier this month, the department…
“Embedding AI in the Curriculum”
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into everyday life occurred in what seemed like a blink of an eye. At every turn, some form of an AI “assistant” now offers…
The Great (Campus) Divorce
Over the past year, a number of common tactics have emerged from the opposition to what is widely referred to as the Trump administration’s “defunding” of education. One of these…
Why College-Goers Misunderstand Debt
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…