Accreditors often claim to be neutral arbiters who merely measure whether accredited universities meet their own standards. Yet a not-so-deep dive into actual accreditation standards reveals a stacked deck, whereby … Continue reading “The Politics of Higher-Education Accreditation”
Florida administrators are revising general education in universities and colleges. Perverse incentives have diluted and politicized general-education courses at the expense of foundational knowledge. Since universities will not fix themselves, … Continue reading “Florida’s Much-Needed General-Education Reform”
Schools of education are among the most leftist, politicized jurisdictions on college campuses. Ed schools more often than not adopt the ideology of critical pedagogy to the exclusion of other … Continue reading “Florida Fights Education-School Radicalization”
Vision matters in bad times as well as good. When applications and enrollments are high, tuition rolling in, and student loans plentiful, colleges and universities build programs and hire personnel … Continue reading “Toward Effective Program Reviews”
Georgetown, Carnegie Mellon, Virginia Commonwealth, Cornell, Northwestern, and Texas A&M established campuses in Doha’s Education City in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The campuses and personnel were paid for … Continue reading “Removing U.S. Campuses from Qatar”
California’s higher-education system, beset by alarming acts of hate, intimidation, and bigotry on its campuses (e.g., anti-Israel and anti-Jewish protests), has launched a series of initiatives. Among them is an … Continue reading “Viewpoint-Neutral Teaching Isn’t Enough”
The DEI takeover at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville (UTK) and throughout the University of Tennessee System has met with some legislative opposition. The legislature has sought to turn DEI offices … Continue reading “Tennessee (Kind of) Tackles DEI in Higher Ed”
Universities adopt Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) plans with a host of promises. Advocates pledge, for instance, that, through reforms, the university will come to approximate the racial composition of … Continue reading “At Texas A&M, a Different Kind of “Climate Change””
On February 25, Wyoming’s state senate passed a budget amendment to end funding for the University of Wyoming’s Gender and Women’s Studies program. State senator Cheri Steinmetz (R-Lingle) was concerned … Continue reading “Gender Studies on the Chopping Block”
From the executive summary of Critical Social Justice in the UNC System: Critical Social Justice (CSJ) poses a threat to higher education and to the American way of life. This … Continue reading “Critical Social Justice in the UNC System”