In the spirit of a new year, I’d like to propose a radical resolution for colleges and universities across America: ditch your general education requirements. At a time when so-called “soft skills” such as...
Richard D. Legon, president of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, writing in The Washington Post, calls on trustees to “step up,” saying they “are even better positioned to lobby for our industry...
The next chancellor of the University of Texas System will need quite a skill set: intellectual and administrative chops to oversee 14 academic and health campuses, political savvy for navigating sometimes treacherous waters at the state...
When frugal University of New Hampshire librarian Robert Morin died in 2015, he surprised the campus by leaving $4 million to the institution. But for many, how the university spent the money would prove...
Fliers telling the administration to “Go do your god damn jobs” appeared on campus during the first weekend of December. “This deficit crisis, and your handling of it, are unacceptable,” the anonymous fliers addressed...
Students at Texas Tech University did a project to see what the students there knew about the United States. Sad to say many students couldn’t answer questions such as who won the Civil War,...
A new policy at a religious university in the US directing scholars to avoid teaching “erotic” or “graphic” material has reignited a debate over how faith institutions can reconcile their spiritual values with academic...
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