November 10, 2009
MTC: The Modern Academic Cauldron
Robert Paquette
In the 1950s, Hamilton College, where I now teach, had no marketing arm to speak of, but the New York Times provided a good deal of favorable coverage. A few years ago I stumbled upon one such item......
September 15, 2009
MTC: Community Colleges Are Bulging, But...
Charlotte Allen
Cuyahoga Community College expects to see nearly 30,000 students enrolled for credit on its three campuses in Cleveland when it opens for the fall semester late in August, with an additional 30,000 ta......
October 8, 2009
MTC: The Cost of Raising Boys Like Girls
Charlotte Allen
Total enrollment in colleges and universities is expected to rise to 20.6 million by the fall of 2018, according to a new projection from the U.S. Education Department's National Center for Education......
October 5, 2009
MTC: A SHORT Guide to College Guides
John Leo
Does it matter which college guide a high-school student consults? Yes indeed. They all differ in poundage, cost and frankness. To illustrate the various approaches, and the various levels of candor,......
July 1, 2009
Academic Questions: Acres of Rhinestones: Temple Betrays Its Heritage
Stephen Zelnick
This article by Stephen Zelnick recounting Temple University's departure from the Great Conversation appeared in the "Case Studies in Academic Malady" issue of Academic Questions (vol. 22,......
July 6, 2009
MTC: "Poverty Studies" - Because There Are Never Enough "Studies"
Charlotte Allen
Here's one of the latest of those interdisciplinary and usually heavily politicized "studies" programs on college campuses: "poverty studies," taking its place alongside black studies, Chicano studies......
May 28, 2009
MTC: On The Right In The Land Of The Tenured Left
Harry Stein
What acid rain is to our irreplaceable forests, lakes and streams, leftist dogma is to American higher education. In every corner of the land, it has turned once-flourishing departments of English and......