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North Carolina State University is the most recent school to earn a “green light” from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) for its speech policies.
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As the cost of college creeps up and more small colleges close, consolidation has become a lifeline of last resort.
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For about fifteen years, from 1995 to 2010, enrollments grew rapidly in the for-profit higher education sector, but since then have fallen substantially.
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Recreation is an added benefit on top of getting a job. Education comes second to recreation in terms of hours spent studying.
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It is an accurate, but loving, story of our country and our shared culture. McClay describes his book as “a patriotic endeavor as well as a scholarly one.”
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Carrying through on a promise he made during a freewheeling speech he delivered at CPAC a few weeks ago, the president has issued an executive order that throws the power of the federal government into the protection of free speech in higher education.
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College meal plans can help students avoid buying groceries and cooking for themselves—but they can also cost thousands of dollars each semester.
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Congressional Democrats are reintroducing the Debt-Free College Act in an attempt to lower costs and increase federal intervention in higher education.
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Joining a union, just like joining a political party or a religious group, should be an individual’s free choice.
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It would be far better if colleges and universities would raise money to lend to students who need it to attend.
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As March Madness hits and the public’s attention is on college basketball’s NCAA Tournament, few spectators know just how much the public subsidizes college sports.
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Here’s why indoctrinating children makes perfect sense to postmodernists.
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About a year ago, Princeton philosopher Robert P. George came to Chapel Hill, North Carolina to speak about civil discourse and diversity of thought with the UNC system Board of Governors.
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Wars are rarely kind to the wide-ranging pursuit of the truth. The same goes for culture wars, including the war over fraternities.
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For almost a quarter century I have been a professor of economics at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. After years of working there, I have learned something about how my department's academic radicals, who by dint of personality but not numbers have near-decisive control.
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Concerned about the high cost of college, the University of North Carolina system is testing a low-tuition model at some schools to drive up enrollments.
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More money flows to arenas and building upgrades. The hunt for recruits gets more competitive. University presidents brag about how their new program will make the school nationally known.
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Education schools have become one of the most politicized corners of academia, and The Politicization of University Schools of Education
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The most logical starting point would be education. And if there were one part of the educational system that would produce this transformation most broadly, effectively, and efficiently, it would most likely be at our schools of education that train teachers for the K-12 classroom.
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For students who decide to attend a four-year university, their ability to keep up with college-level work is closely linked to how well their high school prepared them.
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American colleges and universities lean left. Among faculty at leading U.S. universities, Democrats outnumber Republicans by more than 11-to-one
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Two facts about colleges stand out. First, they are largely (some argue almost entirely) a "private" good; that is to say, the benefits from college attendance accrue mainly to the student, not to society at large
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Often, the strongest criticisms of higher education come from insiders. One insider is Daniel Johnson, who retired as president of the University of Toledo in 2006 after an academic career that included several senior leadership positions.
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In the past 20 years, the number of students earning a master's degree has more than doubled
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In college athletics, student-athletes have few protections against coaching demands that may put their health at risk
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When hiring new workers, one of the overriding concerns for a company is ensuring that they hire the right people with the right qualifications. It's the same for higher education
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College is expensive. Even in today's deeply divided political climate, all Americans seem to agree on that
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When Congress wrote the 1972 amendments to the Education Act, it meant to prevent colleges and universities that received federal money from discriminating against students based on sex.
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Law is experiencing a revolution. Several changes are occurring, but they are all tied to the impact of information and communications technology (ICT), which is altering the nature of law at a fundamental level
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One of the three "Sokal Squared" academic hoaxers, Peter Boghossian of Portland State University, has been accused of violating his university's research policies.
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Although the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's former chancellor, Carol Folt, will mostly be remembered for the numerous scandals and years-long protests on campus during her tenure, she also leaves behind other less-publicized, but still controversial, projects
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Attacks by academics and the media on the University of North Carolina system's Board of Governors have become a major part of the state's political landscape in recent years.
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When I question students at my Christian college about how their faith affects their learning practices, they stare blankly at me or scribble a note about being motivated by the true, good, and beautiful.
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Certainly, anyone interested in academic freedom should be concerned when the government has the power to decide what can-and what cannot-be studied at universities.
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