Student Evaluations Promote Mediocrity
Today’s evaluation of professors according to their popularity with students pales in contrast to the in-depth professional evaluation of teaching of the past.
No Diploma, No Problem
The experiences of entrepreneurs and writers call into question the goal of a college degree for everyone.
Thinking Like an Economist
A new book subjects college education to Bastiat’s famous “seen versus unseen” analysis.
The Handwriting on the Web
Those who decry the lack of innovation in higher education may be looking in the wrong places.
Standing Up to My Alma Mater
One graduate finds out that she can support her school without giving administrators free rein to use the money as they wish.
Grifter U.
Higher education’s increasing reliance on government money is attracting innovation and creativity–of the worst type.
A Free-Market College That Means Business
Northwood University espouses the philosophy of free markets and expects students to understand how they work.
Exploring the Enduring Questions
Thinking about an intellectually stimulating sabbatical? Consider the James Madison Program at Princeton.
A “Textbook Case” of Government Overreach
A recent law puts the federal camel’s under the textbook publishing tent.
The Iceman Cometh
One theory suggests that higher education institutions will experience the fate of industrial dinosaurs.