When the Academy Was Free
Alan Kors is a highly-regarded professor of history who has taught at the University of Pennsylvania for decades. Kors was the recipient of the Pope Center’s Caldwell Prize for academic…
Articles by George Leef
Warning–Honest Grading Can be Hazardous to Your Job
Biology prof axed for not inflating grades.
The “Residence Life” Movement Finally Attracts Attention
Students at the University of Delaware undergo “the treatment.”
Bucking the System, Diversity-Style
Accrediting agencies often push ideological goals, as George Mason University’s law school discovered the hard way.
A College Degree Might be Worth Nothing
Many college graduates wind up doing jobs that don’t require higher education.
Why Go to College?
George Leef comments on a recent essay suggesting that students are attending college for the wrong reasons.
Tax-Free Academic War Chests
Do the Old Tax Laws Make Sense With University Endowments in the Billions?
Academic Freedom: Just How Far Does It Extend?
Robert O’Neil’s new book probes the meaning of academic freedom and sees threats to it.
Tackling the Football Question at UNCC
Should UNC-Charlotte students pay exorbitant fees to fund a football team?
Liberating the Law Schools
George Leef argues that competence should be most important value in legal education