American Democracy
"Is [it] really appropriate for the president or administration of a university to be taking sides and affirming that it stands with the majority of students against the minority?" asks Lee Jussim. On Heterodox Academy.
Headlines
Living in Terror
"How many professors must confess that they live in terror of their far-left students before we start taking them seriously?" asks John Leo. On Minding the Campus.
Votes Remain Hidden
Both UNC Chancellor Carol Folt and NC State Chancellor Randy Woodson have refused to reveal if they voted in support of a decision to remove athletic events from the state due to HB2. On the Chesser Files.
California Tuition Ruling
A state appeals court has ruled the University of California System acted legally in allowing illegal immigrants to pay the same tuition levels as other residents and to get financial aid. In the San Fransisco Chronicle.
Feral Loan Experiment
The Department of Education is experimenting to find the best loan counseling services for student borrowers. On Inside Higher Ed.
Change in Overtime Policies
According to a new survey, a majority of colleges will proceed with the changes they’d planned to comply with a new federal rule on overtime pay that was blocked last month by a federal judge. In the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Can We Save the Publics?
"The university sector is failing the society that supports it – of this, there can no longer be any doubt," writes James Piereson. On Minding the Campus.
Stiffer Penalties
Duke University has formed a committee to advise another committee that is working to implement recommendations issued by still another committee for addressing “bias and hate issues.” On the Locker Room.
Politics of Needing to Go
The heated debate over North Carolina’s HB2 inspired the University of California, Berkeley to devote an entire course to the “politics of needing to go.” On Campus Reform.
Measuring Impact
Elsevier has launched CiteScore, a set of metrics that measure a scholarly journal’s impact by looking at the average number of citations per item it receives over a three-year period. On Inside Higher Ed.