Why Can’t This Public University Stay Out of Court?
Located just north of Atlanta, Kennesaw State University is a school enrolling some 35,000 students. Arguably, the most noteworthy thing about it is the fact that its officials keep making…
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Grade Inflation Just Got Respectable: The New Eligibility Rule Governing Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship
Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship is now in its twenty-fourth year of existence. Originally the brainchild of then Governor Zell Miller, since 1993 this merit-based scholarship program has distributed in excess of…
The Accelerating Pace of Change in Higher Education
Judging from recent books, articles, and editorials, higher education is poised for a cataclysmic collapse. There is a considerable body of opinion that systemic problems such as runaway tuition, student…
Moral bankruptcy is undermining higher education
Moral bankruptcy is undermining higher education
What’s to be done about “low-productivity” degree programs?
What’s to be done about “low-productivity” degree programs?
The Pitfalls of HOPE
Georgia’s state scholarships boost enrollment, but the people who pay for them are mostly poor.
Investigate the Education Schools!
The “Anything But Knowledge” philosophy of education schools reveals itself in comments on test tampering.
Apart No More? Part I
A host of influences—some natural and some imposed by the economy—might mean big changes ahead for many of the nation’s historically black colleges.
Professors Have Freedom of Speech
(As long as they don’t complain about anything sacred to the left.)
Despite the landmark Supreme Court ruling, race preferences continue to roil
RALEIGH — In June 2003, the Supreme Court heard two cases concerning racial preferences in Michigan higher education, Gratz v. Bollinger (on preferences used by the University of Michigan) and Grutter v. Bollinger (on preferences used by its Law School). The Court ruling against outright racial preferences in admissions while ruling in favor of considering race in admissions so long as it is used as only one of “pertinent elements of diversity.”