Beyond Cheerleading
Governing boards should exercise more oversight and be more actively involved in setting policy.
Free College: What Could Be Better?
A professor’s book argues that government should pay for public higher ed completely, but it’s sheer utopianism.
The Balance Sheet Dilemma
Some colleges need to re-evaluate their financials if they want to remain viable in the long run.
University Governance’s Missing Link
Giving the public university system its own executive director would solve the “asymmetry of information” problem.
Skin in the Game
Making colleges responsible for student loan defaults may be an idea whose time has come.
A Credible Critique of Teacher Education
A new study concludes that American education schools are an “industry of mediocrity.”
Five Tasks for the UNC Board of Governors
The Pope Center offers some suggestions to help the new UNC board take charge.
A Remarkable Statement by the Establishment
The advertisement by the American Council on Education et al. does not support equal opportunity but, rather, racial discrimination.
Playing Ping Pong with Fisher
The Supreme Court remands the “affirmative action” case with orders for “strict scrutiny.”
The Tragedy of Tribal Colleges
Government-subsidized colleges for Native Americans spend lavishly but the results are poor.