AEI director of education policy studies Frederick M. Hess and ACTA president Anne D. Neal host a conference to discuss developments in light of Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings’ Commission on the Future of Higher Education. Audio and/or video are available upon request.
ACTA, the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, recently hosted a gathering at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. for people interested in education issues within the local public policy community. In the audience were folks from special-interest groups, think tanks, government agencies, non-government organizations, the media and others. The announced agenda was “Higher […]
The January-February 2011 issue details the reformation of the Corporation (“The Corporation’s 360-Year Tune Up,” page 43). While the changes are newsworthy, aren’t the Fellows missing something? Governance is about more than assigning committees and adding trustees. Boards are fiduciaries of the financial and academic health of their institutions. They ultimately ensure the academic excellence […]
The concept of shared governance is in serious jeopardy at American colleges and universities, four scholars said Friday during a panel discussion here at the annual meeting of the American Association of University Professors. That might sound like a dog-bites-man story; the AAUP’s central reason for being, of course, is to defend faculty rights against […]
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