College Football Back in the News — with Lawsuits

Clemson and Florida State are suing the Atlantic Coast Conference to escape from their commitment to the conference until 2036.

What’s Wrong With the Latest Student-Loan Giveaway?

We need to get the government out of lending (for higher education and everything else), but Biden would have us dig the hole even deeper.

Why Archiving of Research Is Important

Academics and wanna-be academics produce vast quantities of dubious research every year, so does it matter what is done with it?

How Students Can Use AI Legitimately

Maybe AI also has legitimate academic uses.

Could This New Accreditor Make a Difference?

For too long, the higher-ed establishment has been able to lure in clueless kids with the notion that just graduating will ensure them a huge earnings boost.

Higher Ed’s Suspect Successor to Affirmative Action

The social engineers are pushing socio-economic preferences harder than ever, and starting to get their way.

UNC Dumps ‘Diversity’ in Favor of ‘Equality’

We are seeing a counterattack in American colleges against the divisive, anti-intellectual jumble of ideas that march under the “diversity” banner.

Why Must Social Workers Be Indoctrinated in Leftism?

Another once-useful field has been ruined.

On the Urge to Ban ‘Bad Stuff’ on Campus

Good idea or not?

California’s Minimum Wage Wipes Out Thousands of Jobs

In their incessant efforts at pretending to help the poor, leftist politicians come back again and again to this issue.

On Government Power and Inequality

One economist’s case for decreasing government power.

Cutting in Higher Education — Act with a Purpose

The deflating higher-education bubble is causing budgetary anguish at many colleges and universities; the inevitable cutting back has begun.

Political Posturing on Minimum-Wage Laws

Bashing big business is mere posturing by politicians who pretend to want to help lower-wage workers.

How Are the States Doing in Combatting DEI?

Legislators in a number of states are responding to citizens who don’t want their money squandered on toxic DEI ideology.

The Grifters Taking Advantage of Higher Education’s Failures

Some alternatives to traditional universities are sketchy and should be avoided.

Applause for the UNC Board’s Democracy Initiative

The UNC Board has taken a good step with a proposal to require that students take a course on the foundations of democracy.

Cut Off Columbia

In his famous Rules for Radicals, Saul Alinsky set forth a strategy: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it. In his latest…

How Non-Selective Colleges Might Survive

The higher-education bubble is deflating.

Grad Students Say They’re Often Poorly Informed

The government needs to stop doing something, namely, lending money for college.

Too Bad There Are No College Leaders Like John Silber Now

Colleges need leaders with backbone.

Yes, Plagiarism Actually Does Matter

Economics professor Jon Murphy explains why the rules against plagiarism matter and need to be enforced.

Antitrust Is Catnip for Statist Busybodies

Under the Biden administration, the people in charge of antitrust policy are eager to expand governmental power no matter how much long-run damage they do.

The ‘Whaddya Think?’ Methodology Is a Bad One

Some polling tactics are unhelpful.

Why Universities Should Embrace Institutional Neutrality

America’s higher-education leaders have gotten into a number of bad habits.

Questioning the Campus Mental Health Crisis

Our college campuses are, it seems, awash in crises that call for costly programs to treat them. But are these crises real?

Do Leftist Students Now Really Favor Free Speech?

Some recent polling suggests this is true, but are they correct?