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Let’s Be Reasonable: A Conservative Case for Liberal Education is indeed a reasonable book.
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Let’s Be Reasonable: A Conservative Case for Liberal Education is indeed a reasonable book.
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Now that President Biden has been sworn in as the 46th president, he wants to hit the ground running and attend to urgent priorities.
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Now that President Biden has been sworn in as the 46th president, he wants to hit the ground running and attend to urgent priorities.
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Ross Marchand writes for the Martin Center about the new president’s approach to higher education policy.
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Ross Marchand writes for the Martin Center about the new president’s approach to higher education policy.
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Most college professors applaud what American higher education does and want to see it expand to include even more students.
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Most college professors applaud what American higher education does and want to see it expand to include even more students.
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Alan Jacobs’ new book, Breaking Bread with the Dead: A Reader’s Guide to a More Tranquil Mind, is a coaxing argument to read “old books that come from strange times.”
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Alan Jacobs’ new book, Breaking Bread with the Dead: A Reader’s Guide to a More Tranquil Mind, is a coaxing argument to read “old books that come from strange times.”
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The previous essay dealt with the moral decline of the student body in higher education — one of the motives behind my recent retirement after three decades of teaching college English.
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The previous essay dealt with the moral decline of the student body in higher education — one of the motives behind my recent retirement after three decades of teaching college English.
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The year 2020 brought changes that colleges would have never made by choice.
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The year 2020 brought changes that colleges would have never made by choice.
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There’s a chasm between the purpose of a liberal arts education and how many colleges and universities actually operate.
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There’s a chasm between the purpose of a liberal arts education and how many colleges and universities actually operate.
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Although all state colleges and universities shout “diversity” and preach “tolerance” at the top of their lungs, they in fact demonstrate monolithic bigotry and homogeneous narrow-mindedness.
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Although all state colleges and universities shout “diversity” and preach “tolerance” at the top of their lungs, they in fact demonstrate monolithic bigotry and homogeneous narrow-mindedness.
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Virginia’s top public universities are largely stratified by socioeconomic status.
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Virginia’s top public universities are largely stratified by socioeconomic status.
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For decades, law school was a growth industry. Back in 1970, there were 146 law schools with an enrollment of 78,000 students; by 2013, there were 201 schools, enrolling 139,000 students. Enrollment peaked in 2010 at 147,000.
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For decades, law school was a growth industry. Back in 1970, there were 146 law schools with an enrollment of 78,000 students; by 2013, there were 201 schools, enrolling 139,000 students. Enrollment peaked in 2010 at 147,000.
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Oreskes and Tyson published “Is Academe Awash in Liberal Bias?” in the Chronicle of Higher Education on September 14.
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Oreskes and Tyson published “Is Academe Awash in Liberal Bias?” in the Chronicle of Higher Education on September 14.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education recently released a report decrying the politicization of public higher education governance
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The Chronicle of Higher Education recently released a report decrying the politicization of public higher education governance
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hough the 2020 election has focused on COVID-19 and the economy, higher ed has still gotten some attention.
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hough the 2020 election has focused on COVID-19 and the economy, higher ed has still gotten some attention.
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From my vantage point as an academic sociologist, I have seen the disturbing process of what we might call the BlackLivesMattering of American higher education from quite close up
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From my vantage point as an academic sociologist, I have seen the disturbing process of what we might call the BlackLivesMattering of American higher education from quite close up
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Fifteen years ago, American higher education was beset with serious problems, especially rising costs, politicization of the curriculum, the mania over diversity, and falling academic standards.`
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Fifteen years ago, American higher education was beset with serious problems, especially rising costs, politicization of the curriculum, the mania over diversity, and falling academic standards.`
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Across higher education, campuses have changed how they deal with religion.
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Across higher education, campuses have changed how they deal with religion.
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Before the COVID-19 pandemic walloped our colleges and universities, higher education had been facing threats to existing business models for years.
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Before the COVID-19 pandemic walloped our colleges and universities, higher education had been facing threats to existing business models for years.
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American higher education is struggling. Even before the coronavirus struck, schools all over the country were dealing with declining enrollment.
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American higher education is struggling. Even before the coronavirus struck, schools all over the country were dealing with declining enrollment.
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As higher education undergoes dramatic changes thanks to the coronavirus, reformers should aim higher than expanding online education.
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As higher education undergoes dramatic changes thanks to the coronavirus, reformers should aim higher than expanding online education.
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In my previous column I discussed some basic strategies for raising our influence on school curriculum.
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In my previous column I discussed some basic strategies for raising our influence on school curriculum.
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New UNC President Peter Hans starts his job in two weeks and will have his hands full.
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New UNC President Peter Hans starts his job in two weeks and will have his hands full.
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Academia is a troubled institution plagued by financial problems, falling academic standards, and poor educational outcomes.
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Academia is a troubled institution plagued by financial problems, falling academic standards, and poor educational outcomes.
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Michael Brendan Dougherty ponders the pandemic’s potential impact on American higher education.
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Michael Brendan Dougherty ponders the pandemic’s potential impact on American higher education.
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Higher education reform will only come from the outside, probably from political reform.
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Higher education reform will only come from the outside, probably from political reform.
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Stanley Kurtz ranks as one of this country’s most insightful critics of higher education.
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Stanley Kurtz ranks as one of this country’s most insightful critics of higher education.
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I will concentrate today on the economics of higher education—why it is so costly, and a few things we can do about it.
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I will concentrate today on the economics of higher education—why it is so costly, and a few things we can do about it.
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Steven Brint, distinguished professor of sociology and public policy at the University of California, Riverside, has given the public a reminder of why so many students value a college degree.
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Steven Brint, distinguished professor of sociology and public policy at the University of California, Riverside, has given the public a reminder of why so many students value a college degree.
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As priorities shift in the minds of higher education leaders and students, it’s important to take stock of recent changes on the local and national levels.
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As priorities shift in the minds of higher education leaders and students, it’s important to take stock of recent changes on the local and national levels.
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It would be easy to conclude, after a quick look at some topline findings about higher education in recent years, that a set of misguided practices and policies has distorted college enrollment, completion, and costs.
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It would be easy to conclude, after a quick look at some topline findings about higher education in recent years, that a set of misguided practices and policies has distorted college enrollment, completion, and costs.
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Social justice activists say they want to bring about a golden age.
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Social justice activists say they want to bring about a golden age.
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Free speech is in trouble on college campuses. Social justice indoctrination is to blame.
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Free speech is in trouble on college campuses. Social justice indoctrination is to blame.
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"Two days. Two reports citing the same data. Two different conclusions.” That is how Rick Seltzer described the near-simultaneous release of two studies looking at state funding in Inside Higher Ed.
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"Two days. Two reports citing the same data. Two different conclusions.” That is how Rick Seltzer described the near-simultaneous release of two studies looking at state funding in Inside Higher Ed.
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Many influential psychological studies could not be reproduced by other psychologists, discrediting some key insights and weakening academic faith in the entire field. Nutrition science has a similar problem.
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Many influential psychological studies could not be reproduced by other psychologists, discrediting some key insights and weakening academic faith in the entire field. Nutrition science has a similar problem.
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Congressman Greg Murphy (NC-03) offered an amendment to promote transparency in higher education expense reporting, which was adopted unanimously by a vote of 47-0 on Thursday.
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Congressman Greg Murphy (NC-03) offered an amendment to promote transparency in higher education expense reporting, which was adopted unanimously by a vote of 47-0 on Thursday.
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Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) issued the following statement after Democrats introduced the Higher Education Authorization Act of 2019.
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Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) issued the following statement after Democrats introduced the Higher Education Authorization Act of 2019.
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In The Soul of the American University published in 1994, the historian George Marsden gave a powerful account of how once-great pillars and trend-setters of American higher education have abandoned even a residual commitment to the Christian foundations on which they were founded.
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In The Soul of the American University published in 1994, the historian George Marsden gave a powerful account of how once-great pillars and trend-setters of American higher education have abandoned even a residual commitment to the Christian foundations on which they were founded.
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Most of us get the general idea of diminishing returns and diminishing marginal utility — even if we don’t know the technical terms.
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Most of us get the general idea of diminishing returns and diminishing marginal utility — even if we don’t know the technical terms.
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Many Americans crow that our higher education system is “the envy of the world,” even though it’s nearly impossible to point to any proof of that.
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Many Americans crow that our higher education system is “the envy of the world,” even though it’s nearly impossible to point to any proof of that.
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American universities are in jeopardy of becoming no better than finishing schools reserved for the rich, Mitch Daniels told an audience at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
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American universities are in jeopardy of becoming no better than finishing schools reserved for the rich, Mitch Daniels told an audience at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
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People who analyze and write about higher education generally fall into two camps...
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People who analyze and write about higher education generally fall into two camps...