In 2006, in the wake of a spending scandal involving a former president, American University’s Board of Trustees made several broad changes in its procedures to, among other things, become more active in overseeing...
A University of Colorado professor who once compared some Sept. 11 victims to a Nazi could learn within three weeks whether he can return to the classroom–or whether the university will pursue sanctions including...
College and university trustees often don’t see eye to eye, and one reason may be that many members of college governing boards feel ill-prepared for the job, says a report being published this week...
The irresistible force of the Cheneyist federal government has met the immovable object of colleges entrenched in their Eisenhower-era way of doing things, or so some commentators on the Department of Education’s recent attempt...
A recent report isued by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni documents what we already know: Shakespeare is no longer valued in our educational system. Of course, the beleaguered bard has never had...
In the latest move in its multifaceted effort to remake higher education accreditation, and higher education in general, the Bush administration has appointed to the Education Department’s panel that reviews accrediting agencies a critic...
A national academic group is asking: “Where art thou, Shakespeare requirements for English graduates?” The American Council of Trustees and Alumni–a conservative-leaning, Washington, D.C.-based group that argues there is too little intellectual diversity on...
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