December 30, 2020
Cancel culture is what we call the effort by leftists to banish people who defy the edicts of political correctness. The goalposts keep moving and cancellable offenses continue to expand. Are there an...
December 1, 2020
Higher ed administrators have kept busy lining their own pockets at the expense of faculty, students, and “non-essential” staff at all levels of the university.
November 30, 2020
Universities are taking advantage of the pandemic to "hollow out the middle," that is, to defenestrate full-time and tenured faculty from their positions of influence in the university.
September 1, 2020
In their new book, Joshua Kim and Edward Maloney analyze a host of different college reopening options on a spectrum from "Back to Normal" to "Fully Remote."
July 14, 2020
Elite colleges and universities have not provided the actionable reopening solution many hoped for—their plans would spell bankruptcy and closure for most schools in America.
July 10, 2020
To make it out of COVID-19 alive, colleges and universities need to 1) support students directly and 2) allow alternative educational providers to enter the market.
July 7, 2020
The current model of higher education is utterly dysfunctional. COVID-19 has given us an unprecedented opportunity to make it work again.
June 12, 2020
As college presidents shirk academic reform in favor of more activist programs, the question remains: Will boards of trustees walk with higher ed. leadership over the edge of the cliff?
June 2, 2020
For years the Chinese government has worked to co-opt American students, scholars, and institutions of higher education. It's high time our government takes action.
May 27, 2020
Simply calling on higher education to do better is like trying to herd cats with a feather—legislative action is needed.