“Buyout” Madness
Last October, after Louisiana State University’s football team lost 49-25 at home to Texas A&M, head coach Brian Kelly was unceremoniously fired. Kelly had been hired from Notre Dame at…
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Should Community Colleges Offer Four-Year Degrees?
More junior colleges are offering four-year bachelor’s degrees in addition to two-year associate’s degrees, and traditional universities hate the competition. But while students and policymakers should welcome new options, junior…
State Law Must Supersede Accreditor Requirements
Members of the North Carolina General Assembly have spent years pursuing higher-education reform and reclaiming authority over the state’s university system. Legislators in other states have done likewise. Yet another…
A Triumph for Civic Renewal at America’s 250th
At a time when we Americans routinely worry about the health of our civic culture, the U.S. Department of Education has made a notable investment. Earlier this month, the department…
Texas’s Tip of the Spear
Higher-education reform has a new hero, and he hails not from the self-styled patrician environs of the Ivy League but from Texas. We all know how tough it is to…
Higher Ed’s Diseconomies of Scale
In Texas, we take pride in doing everything BIG. That seems to apply to our university systems, as well. While other states have one or two public university systems, we…
States Are Taking Up Higher-Ed Reform
The Trump administration’s flurry of action on education reform creates space for states to chart their own paths. Efforts to abolish the Department of Education aim to “return education to…
“A Hard, Gemlike Flame”
Today, August 12, 2024, is the birthday of the University of Austin. This is the very first meeting of the assembled faculty and the first day of the first faculty…
New Martin Center Policy Brief: More States Should Sack SACS
Raleigh, NC—The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal published a new policy brief today explaining how Southern states can reform their laws to allow public and private institutions to…
Policy Brief: It’s Time for More States to Sack SACS
Getting and keeping accreditation is critical for almost all colleges in the United States. Accreditation is third-party validation that a college meets minimum standards. Not only is institutional accreditation required…