RE: “Limit Student Visas”
Guzi He’s article “Limit Student Visas” (Sept. 19) misses the mark in several ways. First, such a policy would deprive the United States of the talented and innovative individuals who…
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RE: “‘Let Them Be Born in Wonder’”
Josh Herring’s article “‘Let Them Be Born in Wonder’” (8 September 2025) brought to my mind my own path to a liberal-arts education. Perhaps my experience can encourage today’s high-school…
RE: Johnson & Wales
I am a former trustee and graduate of Johnson & Wales University (class of 1973). I served as a trustee for over seven years and during that time worked to…
RE: “The Rise and Fall of Johnson & Wales University”
Johnson & Wales University was founded as a secretarial/business school in 1914 by two women, Gertrude I. Johnson and Mary T. Wales. When I joined the faculty in 1968, it…
RE: “The Phony War on Accreditors”
I am disappointed that an organization supposedly committed to academic quality would publish an article so slanted and misleading as the recent piece by Samuel Negus. Mr. Negus portrays my…
Clarification on accreditation
I wholeheartedly agree with Scott Yenor’s timely observation that “accreditors are political actors” (The Politics of Higher-Education Accreditation: Accreditors are Political Actors), but I want to clarify some of his…
UNC Greensboro Responds on Grading
I’m writing in response to the recent piece about UNCG, alleging that DFW rates were the primary reason for program discontinuations. This conclusion is false and misinformed. As we previously…
Shutting down accreditors is a cure worse than the disease
To the editor: My Response to Prof. Vedder: I appreciated reading your piece, Does College Accreditation Work? and wanted to make some comments in order to broaden the conversation. Much…
English departments are really dying
To the editor: Reading Mr. Phelps recent article, “Are English Departments Really Dying”, I was surprised by the conclusions he drew from the data he referenced at the U.S. Education…
Beating the Kafka trap at GWU
To the editor: Which is chicken and which the egg? IF we take as a given — as the law firm hired by GWU evidently does — that the BDS Movement sweeping through college campuses nationwide…