Most industries and occupations have trade associations to promote their interests through lobbying, marketing, and public relations. Lawyers are no exception. One difference between, say, the American Urological Association and…
In 2020, then-Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos deregulated college and university accreditation by ending regional accreditors’ monopoly status. The purpose of the move was to introduce innovation and competition to…
Today, Martin Center president Jenna Robinson sent a letter to the US House Committee on Education & the Workforce praising the “End Woke Higher Education Act.” Robinson wrote, “This legislation…
As a history professor with over 30 years of teaching experience at the community-college level, I have spent most of my career secure in the idea that the values I…
Annual federal spending on various tuition-subsidy programs under Title IV of the Higher Education Act (1965) now exceeds $130 billion. Last year, the Biden administration proposed new Financial Value Transparency…
Charleston, W. Va. — Today the Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy and the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal released a new policy brief recommending best practices for colleges and universities…
Accreditation is one of the three tickets that every college in America must punch if it wants access to federal student aid (FSA) programs for its students. The current regulatory…
Getting and keeping accreditation is critical for almost all colleges in the United States. Accreditation is third-party validation that a college meets minimum standards. Not only is institutional accreditation required…
Higher education did not have a good year in 2023, as evidenced by high-profile resignations at Penn (Liz Magill) and Harvard (Claudine Gay). This followed abysmal televised congressional testimony in…
On Sept. 29, North Carolina governor Roy Cooper signed House Bill 8. HB8 will probably be best known for adding the Pornography Age Verification Enforcement Act to state law, but…