Many people and groups are pressuring Joe Biden to issue an executive order that would cancel some or all federal student debts shortly after he takes office. During the campaign, … Continue reading “Can the President Cancel Student Debt? Should He?”
Higher ed leaders love committees and training sessions. The technocratic mind that rules campus sees a problem and usually decides that the solution is more resources and education. Once the … Continue reading “Why Do UNC Schools Spend Money on Diversity Training That Doesn’t Work?”
Universities’ profligate spending habits have caught up with them after substantial losses in student enrollments due to COVID-19. As undergraduate enrollment fell by 4.4 percent and students had fewer “on-campus … Continue reading “University Administrators’ Pandemic Power Grab”
It is no secret that our colleges and universities have witnessed a sea change in campus culture over the past two decades. Political correctness has run rampant. High-profile incidents such … Continue reading “UVA and the Dangerous Politicization of Our College Campuses”
Since 2015, the University of North Carolina system’s Board of Governors (BOG) has endured one controversy after another, beginning with protests over decisions to close three “academic centers” for being … Continue reading “Heavy Is the Head that Wears the Crown”
Virginia’s top public universities are largely stratified by socioeconomic status. Consider the following statistics that appear in the new book by James V. Koch and Richard J. Cebula, Runaway College … Continue reading “The Problem of Higher Ed and Economic Mobility”
Countless students begin and graduate from college with an impoverished humanities education, a reality that should disturb any proponent of the liberal arts. According to a recent report by the … Continue reading “Essential Knowledge: Students Should Study the Classical World”
Education reformer E.D. Hirsch may have discovered the cure for our current political divisions—but it won’t be easy. His prescription is a total overhaul of the K-12 education system as … Continue reading “Unifying the Country Starts with the Education System”
Elite colleges are quick to take foreign donations, but slow to inform the federal government. A recent report from the Department of Education found $6.5 billion in foreign donations that … Continue reading “Did You Know? Elite Colleges Fail to Report $6.5 Billion in Foreign Donations”
In a year when numerous faculty members who aren’t “woke” have been pilloried, and many universities are revamping themselves in accordance with the agenda of Black Lives Matter and Antifa, … Continue reading “Who Says Academia Isn’t Awash in Liberal Bias?”