Eager to Torch Legacy Preferences
The campaign against legacy preferences has good arguments, but they apply equally to racial preferences.
Must Keep the Bubble Going!
The College Board irresponsibly promotes the idea that college is good for everyone–an idea that is good mostly for the College Board.
North Carolina’s For-Profit Challenge
UNC’s role in licensing nonpublic colleges (especially for-profits) may pose a conflict of interest.
A Rule Made to Be Broken
Barely a month after the UNC system ignored its own self-imposed tuition cap, it is proposing another one.
In Defense of Pervasive Sectarianism
A recent ruling by the North Carolina Court of Appeals places a needless burden on the state’s religiously based private colleges.
In With the In-Crowd
Erskine Bowles’ replacement as president of the UNC system shares his North Carolina establishment insider status.
Sharp and Unexpected Criticism
Higher Education? is a book that critics left and right like, but the education establishment–not so much.
How Much Work
Part II of my analysis of a major paper centers on a common misconception.
This Paper Refutes Itself
A hefty new study purports to prove U.S. needs more college graduates, but flops.
Preparing the Scapegoats for Slaughter
The president of an online school watches the government’s unfolding campaign against schools that seek profits, and is aghast.