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This is part two of a series of articles.
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This is part two of a series of articles.
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Over the years, qualified immunity has expanded so that it today covers higher education administrators when they violate the constitutional rights of students or faculty members.
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Over the years, qualified immunity has expanded so that it today covers higher education administrators when they violate the constitutional rights of students or faculty members.
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There are several notable differences between the higher education systems in the United States and the United Kingdom.
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There are several notable differences between the higher education systems in the United States and the United Kingdom.
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Former Harvard president Derek Bok has long lamented that our institutions of higher education largely underperform in their missions.
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Former Harvard president Derek Bok has long lamented that our institutions of higher education largely underperform in their missions.
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Public higher education was once America’s great enabler
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Public higher education was once America’s great enabler
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Colleges and universities used to proclaim that their mission was to give students a broad education that would expand their intellectual vistas
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Colleges and universities used to proclaim that their mission was to give students a broad education that would expand their intellectual vistas
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My first year at Duke Divinity is, well, not quite what I expected.
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My first year at Duke Divinity is, well, not quite what I expected.
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The fight for “equity” in higher education is a story-driven project.
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The fight for “equity” in higher education is a story-driven project.
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The certification process couldn’t be more different from traditional higher ed.
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The certification process couldn’t be more different from traditional higher ed.
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Diversity training is now in force at many institutions of higher education.
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Diversity training is now in force at many institutions of higher education.
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Woke” academics have taken to attacking almost everything that’s traditional in our culture.
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Woke” academics have taken to attacking almost everything that’s traditional in our culture.
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Netflix’s documentary Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal tells the story of rich parents bribing their children’s way into their college of choice.
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Netflix’s documentary Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal tells the story of rich parents bribing their children’s way into their college of choice.
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Over 20 percent of college students come from lower-income families, according to Inside Higher Ed.
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Over 20 percent of college students come from lower-income families, according to Inside Higher Ed.
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With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, experts within the higher education policy space were projecting that four-year colleges could face a loss of up to 20 percent in fall enrollment.
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With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, experts within the higher education policy space were projecting that four-year colleges could face a loss of up to 20 percent in fall enrollment.
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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.