Rutgers President Announces Plan to Inflate Diversity Bureaucracy
Apr 18, 2013 by Ashley Thorne |
Rutgers University has appointed a new Vice President for Institutional Diversity and Inclusion and will create Vice Chancellors for Diversity and Inclusion on all campuses.
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Taking Back the University: Better to be Feared Than Loved
Mar 08, 2013 by Robert Weissberg |
Weissberg explains how the political correctness gang is responsible for the attack on Emory University President.
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Emory University’s Outcry Against Its President
Feb 28, 2013 by George W. Dent |
Emory University President John Wagner has been vilified by faculty and students for praising the three-fifths compromise in the original Constitution.
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John Silber, R.I.P.
Sep 28, 2012 by Keith Whitaker |
Whitaker offers his salute of farewell to Silber, former President of Boston University.
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John Silber, Intellectual Gunslinger
Sep 28, 2012 by Peter Wood |
Former president of Boston University and NAS board of advisors member dies.
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Why Higher Ed Costs So Much and Delivers So Little
Sep 21, 2012 by George Leef |
The Pope Center looks at how higher education funds are allocated, for better or for worse.
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Rookie (University) Presidents
Apr 24, 2012 by Mitch Pearlstein |
Some quests for openness come at a real cost, writes Mitch Pearlstein.
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Community College Presidents and Compensation
Apr 12, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
What do they make?
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Choosing a Non-Ideological President to Lead Shimer College
Mar 12, 2012 by Michael Strong |
Shimer College has announced the appointment of a new president, Susan Henking, a feminist religious scholar.
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Rick Santorum Is Right
Mar 07, 2012 by Peter Wood |
Peter Wood reviews the presidential hopeful Rick Santorum’s controversial remarks about higher education.
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What Hath Crow Wrought?
Feb 15, 2012 by George Leef |
A skeptical look at Arizona State president Michael Crow.
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Are College Presidents Paid Too Much? NAS’s Herb London Weighs In
Dec 12, 2011 by Ashley Thorne |
Herb opines that some presidents may deserve the high salaries they receive, but often their income can hurt morale at a university if faculty members perceive it as unfairly extravagant.
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Not Lost, Just ‘Finding Our Way’
May 03, 2011 by Peter Wood |
Peter Wood proposes a famously confused guide on the Oregon Trail as the archetype of today
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Statement by the California Association of Scholars Regarding Chancellor Birgeneau’s…
Jan 19, 2011 by |
NAS's California affiliate calls out UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau for his improper use of his position for political advocacy.
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Is “Good President” Redundant?
Nov 20, 2009 by Ashley Thorne |
Time magazine recently published a list of the 10 best college presidents. But what makes a president "good"? Are there good college presidents, or are they all just silly people in silly jobs?
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