Former Commissioner of Education Statistics Mark Schneider has caused a bit of a stir with a paper in which he argues that colleges are getting a free pass on a huge problem—a very high...
What with figuring out the economy and Iraq, drape-measuring and reaching across the aisle, Wednesday could be a full day for whoever is president-elect. In an effort to be of service to the new...
An article of faith among conservative critics of American universities has been that liberal professors politically indoctrinate their students. This conviction not only fueled the culture wars but has also led state lawmakers to...
Three days a week, Sean Ashby wakes up well before dawn at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County. He and about 25 other students pile into car pools heading north on I-95, past Camden Yards...
Earlier this month, the university received a letter from the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA). The council admonished the university for not having a Reserve Officers’ Training Corps facility on campus and...
A national non-profit group devoted to supporting higher education sent a letter this month urging Tufts’ Board of Trustees to move the university’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program back on campus, saying that...
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