Borrowing Votes
President Obama’s cynical ploy to stir up his youth base by changes to the federal student loan program will fail.
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Reconsidering the SAT
A statistician wants to avoid uneducated guesses in educational policies.
Another Round on the Jane Mayer Piece
I reply to a post on the AAUP’s blog that purports to defend the New Yorker attack on the Pope Center.
The $10,000 College Degree
Rick Perry’s $10,000 degree plan is just one option to obtain an inexpensive education.
A New Curriculum That’s Really Old
Belmont Abbey College revolutionizes its curriculum by going back in time.
Hillsdale Drops Teacher Accreditation
The school became fed up with the costs and the ideological tilt of national accreditors.
A Scurrilous Attack
A New Yorker attack on Art Pope and the Pope Center doesn’t square with the facts.
The Apprentice
One potential way to reform academia is to combine academic “book-learning” with an old-fashioned, hands-on apprenticeship.
Power to the Professors
A new book claims the institution of tenure is responsible for many of the ills of higher education.
D–n the Transition! Full Speed Ahead!
The University of North Carolina’s new president seems intent on continuing his predecessor’s policies in a time of change.