Seniors at the nation’s top colleges and universities know who the rap singer Snoop Doggy Dogg is, but most can’t identify George Washington as an American general at the battle of Yorktown, according to...
William B. Allen has stepped over some fine lines in his career with confidence and flair. But over the last year, as Virginia’s chief executive for public higher education, his unconventional nature made for...
Hugo F. Sonnenschein is stepping to the sidelines, but the controversy over the expansion he has planned for the University of Chicago shows no sign of abating. Mr. Sonnenschein, the university’s president since 1993,...
Friends and alumni of the University of Chicago are calling the resignation of President Hugo Sonnenschein on Thursday a victory for traditional academic standards that sends a clear signal across America against the dumbing...
Hugo F. Sonnenschein is stepping to the sidelines, but the controversy over the expansion he has planned for the University of Chicago shows no sign of abating. Mr. Sonnenschein, the university’s president since 1993,...
Ten prominent scholars have asked the University of Chicago to halt a plan to revise its core curriculum, labeling the changes “dangerous” and “disturbing.” The group, Scholars for the University of Chicago, is concerned...
Ten prominent scholars from around the country are asking the University of Chicago to halt a plan to revise its core curriculum, labeling the changes “dangerous” and “disturbing.” The group, which calls itself Scholars...
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