Hoosier State Slash and Burn
The Indiana Commission for Higher Education, Indiana’s public-university-system leadership, has announced that the state’s public colleges are responding to a new state law by eliminating or merging more than 400…
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Universities Can Appease the Right
Universities are currently experiencing a full-blown assault from the federal government and from red-state politicians. Tired of subsidizing universities as a hotbed of ideological activism, Republican leaders are cutting budgets,…
[LETTER] Martin Center Praises Arkansas General Education Bill
RALEIGH, NC—The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal has sent a letter of thanks to Representative Mindy McAlindon and Senator Jim Dotson for sponsoring Arkansas HB1696, the Strengthening Arkansas…
Florida’s Much-Needed General-Education Reform
Florida administrators are revising general education in universities and colleges. Perverse incentives have diluted and politicized general-education courses at the expense of foundational knowledge. Since universities will not fix themselves,…
Blueprint for Reform: General Education
Blueprint for Reform: General Education is a comprehensive guide for state legislators and university trustees, advocating for a revitalization of general education curricula in higher education institutions. It emphasizes the…
The Martin Center Releases New Publication: “Blueprint for Reform: General Education”
Raleigh, NC — The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal is proud to announce the release of its latest publication, Blueprint for Reform: General Education. This comprehensive guide provides…
The Neo-Tribes of Anthropology
Anthropology’s main purpose is to teach us about others—other cultures and people from other times. The study of the other was meant to show us human diversity and similarities. This…
Reforms We Want in 2024
Each year, the staff of the Martin Center share our higher-ed-reform dreams for the coming year. Will all of our wishes come true? Probably not. Nevertheless, we offer them here…
Model Legislation: General Education Act
American universities always have recognized citizens’ authority to shape the educational mission of public universities, particularly with respect to “general education”—courses prerequisite to graduation. Appointed or elected university trustees usually…
Blueprints for Reform
The university system in the United States has accomplished a great deal of good, but it has strayed from its chief goals of scholarly inquiry and responsible teaching, especially in…