In “The Outspoken Campus” (Review, June 10), Middlebury College President Laurie Patton states her commitment to a robust public square for open and fearless debate on campus. Her positive steps for building a culture...
Bold thinking and bold action from higher-ed trustees and academic leaders are essential if the next generation of students is to have access to high-quality and affordable education, according to a new report. With...
A friend in suburban New Jersey was disappointed after conducting an informal survey of his household this week. It seems that not one of his four children who attend local public schools had heard...
Calling Purdue University’s acquisition of Kaplan University bold might have been underselling. Depending whom you ask, the deal is either an exciting evolutionary step for public higher education or a dangerous threat to it....
For two and a half centuries, the “special relationship” between the United States and Great Britain has had enormous influence on the world stage. It has endured and even thrived through the great challenges...
For American colleges and universities to remain robust, they need to seek out “bold, dynamic innovation,” according to a new report issued by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni. The 48-page report is a...
Does this graduation season bring any good news from the American campus—any deviation from higher ed’s slide into politically correct incivility and closed-mindedness? A few cheering, or at least not thoroughly disheartening, signs are...
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