Faculty members at George Mason University are protesting two history courses they say were forced into the curriculum by the Board of Visitors, which overstepped its limits by prescribing specific courses. Starting in fall...
When Curtis Chang enrolled at Harvard University in 1972, he was an idealistic Taiwanese immigrant eager to learn how democracy was born in the Boston area nearly 200 years earlier. He eventually went on...
The continuing evolution of two distinct schools of thought on college trusteeship became sharply evident last week, as a mainstream governing board group announced a new center for trustees of public colleges that was...
A rebuke by St. Cloud State University administrators of a student who used an analogy about race has critics of political correctness crying foul. In December, Christopher Monson, a junior at the university, was...
The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges today formally unveiled a new center aimed at helping state leaders attract and select top notch trustees and educate board members about how to work...
Saint Cloud State University administrators’ rebuke of a student for making an analogy that referred to race has critics of campus political correctness crying foul. In December, Christopher Monson, a junior at the university,...
With charter schools becoming more popular these days, could charter colleges be far behind? Officials in Massachusetts, Virginia, and other states are discussing proposals to largely free public colleges of state regulation and allow...
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