April 19, 2020
Article: No More Merit
Christopher Kendall
Fred Hess proposes that higher education switch all admissions processes to a random lottery. While the idea is unique, it is likely to create more problems than it solves.
March 9, 2020
Article: On Faculty Union Bans
Peter Wood
South Dakota has just become the fourth state to ban faculty unions at public universities, joining Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
January 2, 2020
Academic Questions: College Admissions Ride the Equality Roundabout
John Staddon
America’s institutions of higher education face an intractable problem: excellence and equality—the two principles college admissions offices are ostensibly committed to—are mutually......
November 6, 2019
Article: The Results Are In: Common Core is An All-Around Failure
David Randall
The National Assessment of Educational Progress has seen a steady decline in performance by students educated with Common Core standards. NAS Director of Research David Randall provides context for th......
September 9, 2019
Academic Questions: Grove City College Plays Yale: Academic Values in the Trump Era
Donald M. Hassler
A personal reflection contrasting an education at Grove City with that of Yale.
September 3, 2019
Academic Questions: A Business Person Questions the Dean’s Business-Like Approach
Milton Ezrati
Is shifting university resources toward what the customers (students) demand supporting the purpose of the university?
September 3, 2019
Academic Questions: Why We Need to Read
Karen Swallow Prior
Reading, according to Karen Prior, forms one’s character, cultivates virtues such as patience, attentiveness, diligence, and humility, and leads to greater academic and professional success. Why......
March 27, 2019
Article: Today: Toolkit and Conference Call on the Politicization of the College Board
National Association of Scholars
How did the College Board become so thoroughly politicized? What else can be done to ensure that high school students receive an unbiased, rigorous education?
