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 … Continue reading “The ABA Retreats From Its Diversity Mandate—or Does It?”
Ah, October, when temperatures fall, men rake leaves, and universities publish their annual crime data, as required by the 1990 Clery Act. A surprising addition to the calendar, you say? … Continue reading “On Campus Safety, the Left Is Hopelessly Confused”
The aftermath of the 2023 Supreme Court ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (SFFA) has put a spotlight on the capriciousness of admissions practices at selective colleges. In … Continue reading “Let’s Open the Black Box of Selective College Admissions”
Are the men and women who staff America’s colleges rugged individualists determined to swat away the overweening hand of the state? Or are they simply greedy? An ongoing dispute over … Continue reading “Colleges Are Wrong to Oppose Attendance-Taking”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: George Leef georgeleef@jamesgmartin.center 919-828-1400 Raleigh, NC, September 3, 2024 — Today, the James G. Martin Center announces its support for an amicus curiae brief filed by … Continue reading “Martin Center Joins Amicus Brief Opposing Title IX Changes”
Online learning comes in many forms—some better than others, as we learned in 2020. Leveraging effective tools is essential to making it work well for students and schools. In the … Continue reading “Online-Learning Partners Can Help North Carolina Students”
Schools of education are among the most leftist, politicized jurisdictions on college campuses. Ed schools more often than not adopt the ideology of critical pedagogy to the exclusion of other … Continue reading “Florida Fights Education-School Radicalization”
This week marks the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and UNC, the twin rulings striking down … Continue reading “Don’t Trust Colleges on Race-Based Admission”
The University of Southern California has 50 years of experience in distance education. USC’s initiative began in the Viterbi School of Engineering as an industry partnership with Los Angeles-based aerospace … Continue reading “USC Says “Goodbye, 2U””
The Biden administration has abolished the federal student-loan program, at least if a “student-loan program” is one in which students borrow money and then eventually repay it. What’s being erected … Continue reading “Biden’s Even Worse Version of “Free College””