The University of Dallas is among 22 colleges and universities nationwide and the only one in North Texas to earn an “A” rating from the American Council of Trustees and Alumni in its fifth...
One hundred and fifty years ago today, President Abraham Lincoln stood on a battlefield in Gettysburg, Pa., and delivered what many consider the greatest speech in our nation’s history. The two-minute address, punctuated five...
In his 1951 book God and Man at Yale, the document that, to simplify only a little, launched the conservative movement, William F. Buckley, Jr. lamented what he later called “the phenomenon of the...
At one time, it was common for colleges and universities to have a core curriculum for all students—courses that were thought to provide the foundation of a well-rounded education. For decades, however, we have...
University of Texas Regent Wallace Hall may not be a perfect trustee, but his work on behalf of the people of Texas deserves support—not impeachment. Impeachment is a rare sanction reserved usually for elected...
This week, Pennsylvania State University’s board of trustees was poised to select a new president. Now, it appears a vote is weeks—possibly months—away. Board chairman Keith Masser, who said last month he expected a...
The steady march toward competency-based measures of college effectiveness continues. And it cannot be too long before these measures become serious competition to obsolete and misleading quasi-measures such as seat time and traditional grades....
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