From coast to coast, discontent rocks the great flagship universities. State funding is declining, and institutions are responding with ever-rising tuitions. But this response is far from inevitable. Remedies are already in hand, but...
Open a marketing brochure for any college or university in the United States and you’ll find an info-graphic touting the variety and number of degree programs that the institution offers. The more options, the...
After Penn State, will boards be able to exercise legal oversight over campus athletics? Boards should be responsible for the hundreds of millions of dollars spent by NCAA institutions on coliseums, coaches, scholarships and...
In a span of four days last fall, trustees at Syracuse University and Penn State hired outside law firms to investigate how each school handled sex abuse scandals on campus. Eight months later and...
Soon after the NCAA announced its sanctions against Penn State Monday morning, reaction flowed in. Here is a sampling of it: Excerpt of statement by the Paterno family in response to the NCAA sanctions:...
Everything was unprecedented— the NCAA’s decision to circumvent its own investigative procedures, the sweeping scope and severity of the penalties (including the erasure of 111 wins for Joe Paterno) and the quick acceptance of...
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