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Opportunities abound at the University of Hawaii
May 15, 2013 by Armand B. Alacbay |
Last week’s announcement that University of Hawaii President M.R.C. Greenwood will be retiring comes as… Continue Reading >>
Is William and Mary Really Robin Hood?
May 1, 2013 by Michael Poliakoff |
William and Mary will hike tuition 14% for in-state students.… Continue Reading >>
Audit Discovers Huge Surplus at U. Wisconsin
April 25, 2013 |
What’s going on in Wisconsin? An audit of the University of Wisconsin system found that the university was sitting… Continue Reading >>
More Tuition Hikes at UVa
April 24, 2013 |
Some schools still don’t get it. Families are struggling in these challenging times…but the University of Virginia Board of Visitors nevertheless voted… Continue Reading >>
Statement of American Council of Trustees and Alumni
April 17, 2013 |
ACTA and Education Sector jointly released a policy study, Selling Students Short, by Education Sector research director Andrew Gillen on March 20, 2013. Dr. Gillen used teaching load data from the… Continue Reading >>
Duncan and McMillen on the Need for Trustees
March 21, 2013 by Anne D. Neal |
Arne Duncan and Tom McMillen are right on. College and university… Continue Reading >>
Foreign Language and the Training of Future Physicians
March 8, 2013 by Michael Poliakoff |
For years, the premedical curriculum had the reputation of grim, tunnel-visioned professionalism. The great scientist and physician Lewis Thomas complained bitterly about it in his 1979 essay, “How… Continue Reading >>
Early to Bed, Early to Rise
March 7, 2013 by Michael Poliakoff |
Not exactly, it seems for college students. Over 1,700 Stanford students have petitioned… Continue Reading >>
ACTA President, Vice President to Speak at NAS 25th Anniversary Conference
February 21, 2013 |
ACTA President Anne Neal and Vice President of Policy Michael Poliakoff will speak at the upcoming Twenty-fifth Anniversary National Association of Scholars Conference in New York City on March 1 and… Continue Reading >>
Wavering Commitment to Intellectual Diversity at Brooklyn College
February 7, 2013 by Michael Poliakoff |
Brooklyn College, part of the City University of New York (CUNY), has recently struggled to ensure intellectual diversity and academic freedom. These two values are the lifeblood of teaching… Continue Reading >>
Courtroom Triumph for Free Speech on Campus
February 4, 2013 by William Gonch |
Friends of free expression have reason to celebrate today! That reason is a court decision, Barnes v. Zaccari, holding former Valdosta State University president Ronald M. Zaccari personally… Continue Reading >>
University of Georgia President Cites ACTA on Academic Excellence
January 31, 2013 by William Gonch |
The University of Georgia has become the latest university to herald ACTA’s What Will They Learn? project. In his 2013 “State of the University” address this week,… Continue Reading >>
Explaining Shared Governance and Academic Leadership— Daniels Leads the Way
January 23, 2013 by Anne D. Neal |
Bravo, Purdue President Mitch Daniels. For too long, college presidents have viewed their role as campus figureheads, saying nary a word about the urgent need for academic excellence, engaged… Continue Reading >>
Why the Core is Good for Professors
January 23, 2013 by William Gonch |
KC Johnson has a fascinating take on the new Moody’s report on college finances. Here’s the part I found… Continue Reading >>
More on the Budget Crunch
January 17, 2013 |
The Moody’s report on universities’ parlous financial state continues to garner attention, now in the form of an extensive… Continue Reading >>
