Millennial Civics
Our schools seem to have failed to teach youths the first fact of democratic politics: You’re gonna lose sometimes. And that’s not an injustice. It’s the price of freedom.
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Thomas K. Lindsay, Ph.D., Editor in Chief and Director, Center for Higher Education, Texas Public Policy Foundation
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What’s the Educational Value of a “Teach-in” on Clothing Fashions?
More and more, American college campuses are the playthings of “progressive” faculty members and administrators who use them to propagate their personal beliefs. A good example is a “teach-in” at Grand Valley State University on Martin Luther King Day.
To Solidify Higher-Education Finance, Return Power And Money To The States
Some argue that federalism—the distribution of powers and duties between the states and the federal government, as codified in the U.S. Constitution’s Tenth Amendment—is dead. Regarding higher education, they may have a point.
How Should Colleges Select Faculty in an Age of Adjunctification?
If adjuncts are now so prevalent on campus, should not more care be taken in the hiring and retention process?
Tenure Will Not Be Eliminated Until Campus Culture Changes
William Murchison shares his thoughts on efforts to eliminate tenure in Missouri and Iowa.
No, Koch Donations to Higher Education Aren’t Unethical
Philanthropic gifts to support higher education shouldn’t be controversial, but “progressives” who hate the Koch brothers for their advocacy of limited government simply cannot refrain from protesting anything that they do.
Now Even the FBI “Protests” Free Speech on Campus. We Should Be Concerned
In 2017, beware of campus censorship from all directions—Left, Right, and from the government.
Even friends of “free” college have their doubts about Cuomo’s proposal
One idea that should have washed away in last November’s electoral tempest is “free”—or, more accurately, “taxpayer funded”—college tuition. Yet last week, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a proposal to subsidize tuition for postsecondary students.
Happy New Year! Time to Get to Work on Higher Ed Reform
Happy New Year! It’s time to get serious about rising costs and sinking performance at the places young people go to get their minds — or whatever — trained and shaped up. There’s plenty to do before it’s January 1 again.
Sad To Say, the “Chicago Principles” Defending Academic Freedom Do Not Go Far Enough
Chicago wants to have its moral and cultural relativism and eat them too. Nowhere in its defense of academic freedom will you find the word, “truth,” either in upper- or lower-case.
