From Ivory Tower to Shining City Upon a Hill
The path to reform of state governments must go through state university systems.
Articles by Jay Schalin
Boot Camp for Professional Careers
Praxis is a new concept in education that aims to train young people for professional careers in ten months.
Money Talks–Perhaps Too Much
Big spending on higher education by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation threatens to derail a longstanding reform movement.
Seeking a Better Higher Ed Mousetrap
Higher education is attracting innovations such as the Minerva Project, which aims to compete with the most prestigious schools.
Adjuncts at the Barricades
Increased unionization of adjunct professors will distort rather than than solve the underlying problems in the academic marketplace.
UNC-Chapel Hill’s Diversity Residence Is Divisive
The UNITA “living-learning” community claims to break down barriers but instead instills animosity.
University Governance’s Missing Link
Giving the public university system its own executive director would solve the “asymmetry of information” problem.
The War Against Truth
Inside the academy and out, subjectivity is starting to replace the objective search for truth.
Stop Subsidizing Waste!
There is a common sense solution to our current wasteful financial aid programs.
Subsidizing Failure
A forthcoming study focuses on public universities’ “cost of non-completion.”