Making University Civic Centers Last
Three years ago, Governor Ron DeSantis established the Hamilton School at the University of Florida. According to The Washington Post, the school now boasts “50 professors, four majors, 69 classes…
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Who Put the SAT and ACT in Charge?
In the early years of the Classic Learning Test’s existence, we believed that our fight for acceptance as a college entrance exam nationwide would happen in admissions offices. We were…
Florida’s Workforce Model Is Worth Following
When Lee County broke ground on the largest expansion in Cape Coral Technical College’s history, local headlines understandably focused on the building. State policymakers should see something larger: Florida is…
From School Choice to College Choice
It’s no secret that Americans are struggling to bear the burden of student loans. Nearly 43 million Americans — one in six adults — currently have student loan debt, and…
UNC Gets Its Own Story Wrong
It is jarring for a litigant to parrot the false claims of its courtroom opponent. But that’s what The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has done in defending…
A Christian Chapel in the Wilderness
To Christian eyes, our nation’s most prestigious university chapels are in a state of utter decay. This is, of course, not a new claim. Entire scholarly careers have already come…
A Congresswoman Looks at the Disaster of Higher Education
Following the Hamas assault on Israel in October 2023, many American campuses erupted in turmoil—not due to the brutality of the attack, but in support of the Palestinian cause. In…
Crime Doesn’t Care About DEI
In just a few weeks time, college students and their parents will descend upon Iowa City, IA, eagerly awaiting a new semester of learning on a safe campus. But recent…
The Next UNC? Bucknell’s Late Arrival to the Civil Discourse Trend.
Higher education is trying to remedy political polarization using campus democracy and dialogue initiatives. When Bucknell University announced its new Initiative for Dialogue & Democracy, administrators pitched the effort as…
Two Cheers for the Great Books
Recently, Luke Burgis, Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Catholic University of America, posed a provocative question: “What is the strongest argument from the political Right AGAINST Great Books programs?” In my view,…