Higher education is suffering from a crisis in quality and cost, but the Obama administration is profoundly wrong in thinking that a new federal rating system is the answer (“Federal Ratings of Colleges Tied...
As a history major, I am intrigued by the origins of our great country. George Washington is a logical place to start. This week we celebrate his birthday with Abraham Lincoln’s as Presidents Day—the...
Admission to a university should not be for sale, and University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers certainly betrayed the public trust when he used his office to usher the children of the rich and...
Some group, logically the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, should create the Wallace J. Hall Award for Academic Courage. Hall doggedly has pursued what he suspected was wrongdoing and waste at the University...
A “select handful” of applicants to University of Texas undergraduate programs are accepted each year at the insistence of President Bill Powers over the objections of the admissions office, a report released Thursday concluded. In addition,...
University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers for years has intervened in admissions decisions based on financial or political considerations, an independent investigator reported Thursday. Both sides in a long political struggle over...
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s 2011 fight with public-sector unions sparked huge protests—and elevated him into a national figure in conservative politics. Now, as he eyes a run for president, he is targeting another group...
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