Saturday marks George Washington’s 282nd birthday, and the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association is urging communities across America to celebrate this milestone. Gov. Scott Walker has issued a special proclamation declaring Feb. 22 George Washington...
Liberal education is in decline. And professors and administrators at our best liberal arts colleges are hastening its demise. Much has been written about liberal education’s skyrocketing costs, its failure to provide students with...
As University of Illinois at Chicago faculty members went on strike this week for the first time in school history, English Professor Walter Benn Michaels took a break from picketing to give a reporter...
Penn State’s student body is on the verge of getting more say in university decision-making. Student leaders have been working on a proposal to give them a permanent seat on the board of trustees,...
When Eric Barron was hired this week to be Penn State’s next president, he said he hoped to strengthen the institution, starting by learning for himself about conditions at the university where he worked...
Pennsylvania State University’s board named Eric J. Barron as its next president, replacing Graham Spanier, the former leader who was ousted after the campus became embroiled in a sex-abuse scandal. Barron, 62, now president...
Michael B. Poliakoff doesn’t doubt Eric J. Barron is a top-notch choice to lead Penn State University. But he says Barron’s top-dollar contract—worth up to $6 million over five years—is unconscionable. “Leadership in higher...
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