Reconsidering the SAT
A statistician wants to avoid uneducated guesses in educational policies.
Another Round on the Jane Mayer Piece
I reply to a post on the AAUP’s blog that purports to defend the New Yorker attack on the Pope Center.
A New Curriculum That’s Really Old
Belmont Abbey College revolutionizes its curriculum by going back in time.
Hillsdale Drops Teacher Accreditation
The school became fed up with the costs and the ideological tilt of national accreditors.
A Scurrilous Attack
A New Yorker attack on Art Pope and the Pope Center doesn’t square with the facts.
The Apprentice
One potential way to reform academia is to combine academic “book-learning” with an old-fashioned, hands-on apprenticeship.
Power to the Professors
A new book claims the institution of tenure is responsible for many of the ills of higher education.
Just Say No to SES!
The latest “diversity” notion is that colleges must strive for student bodies diverse in socio-economic status.
How Did Your School Do?
U.S. News and Forbes disagree about North Carolina’s colleges, and we have another recommendation (see below).
A Poll on Fixing Poor Student Performance
You are invited to weigh in on how universities should deal with slackers.