EducationCommentary
Last year’s college news was about demands for safe spaces, trigger warnings, and bans on insensitivity. This year’s college news is about black student demands… Read More
EducationCommentary
The University of Chicago’s president, Robert J. Zimmer, wrote a Wall Street Journal article, titled “Free Speech Is the Basis of a True Education.” In… Read More
EducationCommentary
Let’s concede at the outset that many students find their college years enlightening and enriching. But something is rotten in the state of academia, and… Read More
EducationCommentary
If you want to be unquestionably affirmed and unchallenged in all your beliefs and views, don’t go to the University of Chicago. In a letter… Read More
EducationCommentary
As the fall semester begins, parents, students, taxpayers, and donors should be made aware of official college practices that should disgust us all. Hampshire College… Read More
EducationCommentary
A new regulation issued by the Obama administration could impose yet another cost on higher education, with no real benefits. The proposed rule, published last… Read More
EducationNews
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill caused an outcry when it published “microaggression guidelines” on a college forum. Although UNC quickly removed the… Read More
EducationAnalysis
The House Education and Workforce Committee recently marked up a number of proposals concerning higher education. Instead of using the opportunity to address the drivers of… Read More
EducationCommentary
Any day now the U.S. Supreme Court will hand down its decision in Abigail Fisher’s discrimination suit against the University of Texas at Austin. However… Read More
EducationAnalysis
On Tuesday, the Senate considered a proposal that would expand Pell Grants (federal aid meant to help low-income students attend college) to cover year-round tuition. In theory,… Read More
