Dec 5, 2025

Putting the Progressive University in the Dock

Higher education has not always been like this.

Conservatives interested in higher-education reform often ask themselves where things went wrong. Answers usually range from the radicalism of the 1960s to the rise of social media or the triumph…

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Dec 4, 2025

In Praise of the Commission for Public Higher Education

Complaints about the Commission for Public Higher Education’s (CPHE) proposed solutions to accreditation problems are unwarranted. This October, the Chronicle of Higher Education ran an article titled “Will the Commission…

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Financial Responsibility in the Higher Education Compact

Introduction According to recent Pew Research Center polling, seven in 10 Americans believe the higher education system is headed in the wrong direction. Majorities of Americans also give colleges low…

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Higher Ed’s Diseconomies of Scale

In Texas, we take pride in doing everything BIG. That seems to apply to our university systems, as well. While other states have one or two public university systems, we…

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Dec 2, 2025

North Carolina Universities Are Finally Delivering for Veterans

This fall, the University of North Carolina System enrolled more than 23,000 military-affiliated students, the largest number in its history. This milestone signals real change in a state recognized for…

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Dec 2, 2025

Peer Review Gone Wild

Faculty members at public universities are expected to educate students and advance knowledge through research in their fields of expertise. Academic research, however, has increasingly promoted ideological agendas over the…

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American Higher Education Restoration Act

Rather than emphasize excellence in teaching, America’s public universities now produce a glut of academic “research” that almost no one reads and which does not meaningfully advance human knowledge. Unfortunately,…

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Nov 28, 2025

The Pernicious Effects of Grade Inflation

Higher education is suffering from many woes, and the federal government (and sometimes Donald Trump in particular) often gets much of the blame for them. But one factor that, in…

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What’s the Matter with Hillel?

Since its founding in 1923, Hillel has become the most important Jewish campus organization in America and abroad, with a presence on more than 800 campuses across the world. Its…

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