The overwhelming majority of American colleges and universities do not require students in their freshmen year to take general core classes prior to selecting a major, according to a new report from the American...
Maintaining a working knowledge of how local government functions is crucial. It should be a priority of all citizens to understand the basic functions of government officials, so as to provide context as to...
Pennsylvania could be on a path to becoming the most unaffordable state in the nation for students to pursue a college education. It’s not a direction that Gov. Tom Wolf or state lawmakers say...
A meticulous survey of education curricula among 1,100 American public and private colleges and universities reveals that the majority of the schools require students to study composition, math and science. Only 17 percent require...
WASHINGTON, DC – When Greg Lukianoff wrote Unlearning Liberty five years ago, we knew who was responsible for censorship and illiberalism on college campuses: administrators. Oh, for those quaint days! The president of the Foundation for...
When Robert Sternberg was hired in 2013 as University of Wyoming’s 24th president, the state Senate president called him a “rock star.” But he was selected without faculty or student input and was forced to resign 137 days...
Higher education is being attacked for many things from many different quarters. From the political spectrum, we hear things that colleges and universities are “too liberal” or teach “useless things.” Those perceptions, paired with...
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