Kentucky lawmakers are probably not on the Morehead State University president‘s friends list: President Wayne Andrews of Morehead State University is blaming budget cuts that have yet to be passed by the state legislature for…
Topic: academia
Survey of College Presidents: 60% say Racial Climate is a Big Priority
From Campus Reform: Seeking to determine how higher education leaders are reacting to the phenomenon that has brought down so many of their colleagues, the American Council of Education (ACE) conducted an online poll of…
Texas Campus Police Instructed to Ignore Inconsistencies in Rape Reporting
From the College Fix: That’s why it’s troubling those advocates to see how the University of Texas-Austin is attempting to turn a neutral institution – its campus police – into an advocate for one party….
College Student Temporarily Thwarted Tax Increase, but Now a Judge Dismissed Her Lawsuit
From the College Fix: Last fall we told you about Jennifer Henderson, a University of Missouri student who found herself the only known voter in a gerrymandered “community improvement district” (CID) as business owners were…
Colleges Are All For Diversity — Except When It Comes To Ideas
Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on the Fitzgerald Griffin Foundation website. ALEXANDRIA, VA — When it comes to “diversity,” American colleges and universities are eager to embrace differences in race, ethnic background, religion,…
Non-Tenured Faculty is Innovative
A great take by Jesse Saffron of the Pope Center on why non-tenured faculty is an innovative idea. Photo by AAUP
North Carolina Colleges Raise Budgets, but Leave Students in Debt
An excerpt from the Pope Center’s report on the state of North Carolina universities and colleges: For example, North Carolina has the fourth-highest per-student state funding in the country. The UNC system has been well-funded…
Report: Rising Anti-Semitism on College Campuses
There were 516 reported incidents of anti-Semitism on college campuses in America. Photo by Templar1307 | Galerie des Bois Photo by Templar1307 | Galerie des Bois
New SAT Tests are Lame
A great op-ed by Kristen Blair in the Carolina Journal on the new SAT test and how it’s dumbed down. Photo by USDAgov
School Choice Round-Up
There is good news and bad from the states on school choice, as compiled by the Heartland Institute in its School Reform News. First, the bad news: “A Minnesota family choosing to educate their child…