January 5, 2021
The 2020 election was as contentious as they get. What effect will this extreme partisanship have on the future of higher education? At what point are bipartisan proposals useless--when is a line to b...
July 18, 2020
Since the progressive trend in higher education isn't going away, conservatives must push for reform by exerting power from the outside.
December 11, 2019
In her latest article for The Federalist, NAS Policy Director Rachelle Peterson unpacks the Democrats' proposed "College Affordability Act," a bill that promises to fund everything fr...
November 13, 2019
What do the top contenders for president have to say about higher education? Rachelle breaks down the top five Democratic candidates across ten policy issues. She also includes a section on President...
October 23, 2019
Earlier this year the Democratic-controlled Legislature of Washington State voted to overturn a ban on racial preferences voted in 20 years ago. Washington voters now have the opportunity to overturn...
August 30, 2019
The top Democratic presidential candidates' positions on higher education reveal they fail to grasp the fundamental questions of what college is for and why intellectual freedom matters.
February 13, 2019
The Senate’s outgoing education chairman is focusing on reforms that are worthwhile but paltry compared to the problems of politicization and trivialization in higher education.
January 22, 2019
The world wearies of defenses of liberal education and the humanities.
December 11, 2018
Congressional reform of higher education is a long shot. Can the President push reform from the bully pulpit?
December 7, 2018
Steve Balch explains that higher education reform under President Trump has a rocky road ahead.
