Subversive Lessons from China

…that government-oriented reform efforts, especially on a national scale, will not go very far. It may take too much political maneuvering, too much political capital, too much time to force…





I wish my job didn’t exist

…students in states other than Vermont, we must get those states’ approval. This is referred to as “state authorization.” Traditionally, these rules were applied to institutions that wished to open


Loyal to the Core

…such as Plato’s Republic or Newton’s Principia. ACTC was formed in 1995 to further the “common study of world classics and other texts of major cultural significance” (to quote from…


How Academe Helped to Elect Trump

…universities stand for: free speech, open inquiry, inclusion, and civility; reason, and the relentless pursuit of truth and wisdom.” We now live in a “post-truth era.” That last reference, of…



Proposals to Raise Tuition Draw Criticism

for capital improvements, as reasons to raise tuition. But “wide approval [for tuition increases] does not equal extraordinary circumstances,” Payne said. Allowing campuses to raise tuition will open a “Pandora’s…