Letter to the Editor: The state should have a voice in who runs public universities
To the editor: I neither know Darrell Allison nor anything about his appointment as Chancellor at Fayetteville State University. But I also read that he is seeking to improve FSU’s…
Did You Know? The Campus COVID-19 Plan That Worked
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign earned a reputation for having a remarkably effective COVID-19 mitigation plan. Its experience is one that other colleges should pay attention to. As mentioned…
Blueprint for Reform: Viewpoint Diversity
Blueprint for Reform: Viewpoint Diversity is a policy guide for state legislators and university trustees. It underscores the critical role of viewpoint diversity in fostering academic freedom, open inquiry, and…
Did You Know? The Ever-Increasing Sticker Price of College Tuition
College tuition increases across the country have shown no sign of slowing down. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the sticker price of tuition (before discounts and student…
Did You Know? The Partisan Split in Re-opening Colleges
About 67 percent of four-year colleges plan to re-open in the fall for in-person classes, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. Those re-openings tend to be in states with…
Did You Know? Student Lawsuits and De Facto Refunds
Students from about 100 universities brought class-action lawsuits against colleges that have refused to give tuition refunds after COVID-19 shut down campuses. So far, the only aid students have received…
Merry Christmas to All!
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C.S. Lewis Was Right About Education
Postmodern academia no longer searches for truth. Except in the physical sciences, objectivity is too often replaced with moral relativism, “critical theory,” and the “lived experience” of individual scholars. But…
Perverse Incentives in Science: 21st Century Funding for 20th Century Research
The Paradigm Shift Not long ago I was working with my occasional co-author, an associate dean in the school of economic, political and policy sciences at the University of Texas…