The Politicization of Social Science
Science is not supposed to be filtered through a belief system. It’s supposed to go wherever the facts lead. But the human brain doesn’t work that way. Our brains zoom…
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Is the N.C. Teaching Fellows Program Worth the Money?
Enrollment in North Carolina’s teacher-training programs is falling off even as classroom-instructor vacancies climb, two recent reports conclude. Amid the handwringing over these problematic trends, some policymakers are wondering about…
Against “The Case Against Admissions Selectivity”
Oh, the games we play, the webs we weave, to try to back-door justify through a series of buzz-word gymnastics ‘Admissions Selectivity’. Of course we all already know — 100%…
The Case Against Admissions Selectivity
It’s time to do away with selective college admissions for undergraduate education. Now, let’s get the caveats out of the way. When it comes to specific training that requires particular…
Gov. Cooper’s UNC “Commission” Shows Its Hand
At the end of last year, Governor Roy Cooper surprised North Carolina higher-education leaders with his creation of a Governor’s Commission on the Governance of Public Universities in North Carolina.…
The Case for Admissions Selectivity
For how many years have elite colleges been playing a double game of inclusivity/selectivity? Some years back, Yale President Peter Salovey had an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal affirming…
App State’s Magical Vanishing DEI Committee
Last May, Inside Higher Ed reported that Appalachian State University was building a summer ’22 “working group” to address how the institution solicits and evaluates “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” (DEI)…
Why do we need law schools?
To the editor: In the article ‘A Better Way to Teach Law’, Mr. Andersson makes a good case for the value of getting people into the workforce sooner, I also…
Lowery “outplayed” by UT-Austin administrators
To the editor: Lots of talk, then… Richard Lowery is an associate professor of finance at the University of Texas at Austin. He is an applied game theorist and studies…
Let Colleges Choose an Accreditor
Federal financial aid depends on whether your college is accredited. That means an independent agency vouches for your college, assuring that it’s not a scam and that it fulfills its…