When Universities Pretend to Be Businesses
Since at least the early twentieth century, universities have flirted with America’s penchant for “running things like a business.” But like government, non-profits, and other non-businesses that try to be…
Why Professors and Trustees Don’t Get Along
In many ways, the modern university’s two decisive constituencies are the trustees and the faculty. The trustees are the university’s ultimate executive authority; the faculty carry out the university’s core…
Accreditation Without Accountability
On May 13, 2026 Do No Harm, a healthcare education advocacy group, sent an open letter to the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), the national accrediting agency for social…
Accreditation Gets Some Competition
The U.S. Department of Education’s proposed rule to overhaul the federal accreditation system is reshaping the broader national debate over accreditation. Among other changes, the proposal would simplify the process…
UCLA Would Rather You Didn’t Read the Syllabus
I had a simple question: What are teachers learning at schools of education? I wanted to examine what books these institutions assigned, what instructional practices they promoted, and what their…
UNC Shuts the Door on Shanghai (For the Right Reasons)
For years, Fudan University offered UNC-Chapel Hill undergraduates a taste of Shanghai academic life. Now, that door is closed. The reason isn’t budget cuts or falling enrollment—it’s national security. And…
The Pirates Are Pillaging Their Own Campus
East Carolina University is going through a bad stretch. Sexual assaults. Hazing reports. Drunken student behavior. Religious-property vandalism. A dorm peeping case. Alleged drug and alcohol use among prospective members…
Making University Civic Centers Last
Three years ago, Governor Ron DeSantis established the Hamilton School at the University of Florida. According to The Washington Post, the school now boasts “50 professors, four majors, 69 classes…
UNC Gets Its Own Story Wrong
It is jarring for a litigant to parrot the false claims of its courtroom opponent. But that’s what The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has done in defending…
A Congresswoman Looks at the Disaster of Higher Education
Following the Hamas assault on Israel in October 2023, many American campuses erupted in turmoil—not due to the brutality of the attack, but in support of the Palestinian cause. In…