The Big Picture Ahead
Jane Shaw offers her top ten list of the major trends occurring in higher education.
In the Rearview Mirror: 2009
The Pope Center staff takes a look back at some of the big events and trends of the last year.
Should I Give to Wellesley?
Does an alumna “owe” something to the school that she attended and whose teaching she paid for?
Apart No More? Part II
The transition by some of the nation’s historically black colleges into the mainstream raises questions about their future roles and identities.
Diversity Infects Medical School
The obsession over group representation rather than individual competence continues to spread through academia.
Apart No More? Part I
A host of influences—some natural and some imposed by the economy—might mean big changes ahead for many of the nation’s historically black colleges.
Only Leftists Can Be Good Teachers
The University of Minnesota’s education school wants to ensure ideological purity.
How To Start a College on Your Own Time
A philosophy professor in California felt that something was missing in education and is now creating an ideal learning community.
November 9, 1989: Another Stone Wall
The Claremont Colleges commemorate a gay-rights milestone but forget the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Is Academic Freedom All That Fragile?
It’s less imperiled than two law professors think, and competing rights should be considered, too.