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2009

December 21, 2009

Don't Know Much About History...

THE SCRAPBOOK, The Weekly Standard

December 18, 2009

High standards can produce savings, quality

Lanny Keller, The Baton Rouge Advocate

December 14, 2009

Colleges aren't preparing students for jobs

Anne D. Neal, The Examiner

December 12, 2009

Poshard has it wrong

Anne D. Neal, The Southern

December 3, 2009

New college ranking system gives more accurate view

Editorial, The Lariat

December 2, 2009

Site ranks BU top seven nationwide

Trent Goldston, The Lariat

November 30, 2009

Alternative college rankings

Antonio R. Chaves, Washington Times

November 30, 2009

Decoding Teacher Training

KC Johnson, Minding the Campus

November 22, 2009

New UI leadership will face a tough economic climate

Anne D. Neal, The News-Gazette

November 16, 2009

Do College Students Get Well-Rounded General Education?

Faiza Elmasry, Voice of America News

November 3, 2009

Duties, not just rights

Erin O'Connor & Maurice Black, Minding the Campus

October 29, 2009

Board Feud at Maricopa Community Colleges Spins Out of Control

Simmi Aujla, The Chronicle of Higher Education

October 29, 2009

Think tanks flunk Illinois colleges on affordability

Mike Riopell, The Herald-Review

October 29, 2009

State's public universities need better management

Collin Hitt, The State Journal-Register

October 25, 2009

A counter view: Core subjects necessary

Mark Harper, The Daytona Beach News-Journal

September/October 2009

What Will They Learn?

Charles Mitchell, Inside ALEC

September 20, 2009

Constitution depends on educated citizenry

Editorial, The Telegraph

September 20, 2009

Rankings don't tell whole story

Nicolas Shump, Topeka Capital-Journal

September 19, 2009

Civic literacy on campus

Editorial, The Advocate

September 18, 2009

Our Opinion: Less circus; more civics

Editorial, Tallahassee Democrat

September 17, 2009

Pause to consider freedoms on Constitution Day

Editorial, Shreveport Times

September 15, 2009

ACTA on Backbone Radio

John Andrews, Backbone Radio

September 15, 2009

Let's Grade Wall Street Like Colleges

William McGurn, Wall Street Journal

September 10, 2009

New web site offers sobering assessment of some elite colleges

Tom Hanson, Wiscasset Newspaper

September 9, 2009

Ex-regents describe governor's lobbying for chancellor

Jason Embry and Ralph K.M. Haurwitz, Austin American-Statesman

September 4, 2009

College Ratings Gone Wild

Jay Mathews, Washington Post

September 4, 2009

College students need solid, uniform base before learning what they want

Joseph R. Reisert, Kennebeck Journal

September 2, 2009

The State of General Education

Mark Bauerlein, The Chronicle of Higher Education

September 1, 2009

ACTA on South Dakota Public Radio

Paul Guggenheimer, Dakota Midday

September 1, 2009

What are they teaching? Ranking America's universities

Editorial, Anniston Star

September 1, 2009

What Will They Learn For Your $50,000?

Walter Williams, Investor's Business Daily

September 1, 2009

AU, UA score well on evaluation

Editorial, Montgomery Advertiser

August 30, 2009

ACTA on Backbone Radio

John Andrews, Backbone Radio

August 30, 2009

Failing grades indict general education system

Editorial, Kentucky Kernel

August 30, 2009

Will college costs pay off for our children?

Walter Williams, Cincinnati Enquirer

August 27, 2009

AU, UA receive B's on strengthof courses

Stan Diel, The Birmingham News

August 26, 2009

Many colleges fail in general-education requirements

Walter Williams, Deseret News

August 26, 2009

What's behind a college diploma?

Phil Luciano, Journal Star

August 25, 2009

America and Arizona Students—Back to School

U.S. Senator Jon Kyl, The National Ledger

August 24, 2009

What Will They Learn?

Walter Williams, Creators Syndicate

August 24, 2009

Funding, tuition income per student high at UH

Craig Gima, Star Bulletin

August 24, 2009

What Should Colleges Teach?

Stanley Fish, The New York Times

August 21, 2009

Ratings groups give UA mixed marks

Campus is 128th on U.S. News list; competitor gives it an 'A' for curriculum

Tracie Dungan, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

August 21, 2009

Those Little Lists: What College Rankings Tell Us

Eric Felten, The Wall Street Journal

August 20, 2009

Does a college's rank even matter?

Jeannie Kever, Houston Chronicle

August 20, 2009

Harvard, Princeton Top College Rankings Again

The New York Times

August 20, 2009

BYU makes leap to No. 71 in U.S. News rankings; U. stays at 126

Wendy Leonard, Deseret News

August 20, 2009

Alternative ranking gives Hopkins an 'F' and Harvard a 'D'

Childs Walker, The Baltimore Sun

August 20, 2009

Harvard, Princeton Top College Rankings Again

Austin American-Statesman

August 20, 2009

Harvard, Princeton Top College Rankings Again

Minneapolis Star Tribune

August 20, 2009

Changing Course

Paul Ruffins, Diverse News

August 19, 2009

Harvard, Princeton Top College Rankings Again

The Modesto Bee

August 19, 2009

Harvard, Princeton Top College Rankings Again

The Seattle Times

August 19, 2009

Core curriculum wins B ranking for OSU, OU

Susan Simpson, News OK

August 19, 2009

Big Apple schools Hunter and Brooklyn colleges shine at their core

Denise Romano, Oren Yaniv, and Elizabeth Lazarowitz, New York Daily News

August 16, 2009

Quinn and U. of I. trustees appear on collision course

Stacy St. Clair, Tara Malone, and Jodi S. Cohen, Chicago Tribune

August 6, 2009

Report Calls on All U. of Illinois Trustees to Resign

Ashley C. Killough, The Chronicle of Higher Education

August 1, 2009

Gov should appoint U. of I. trustees

Anne D. Neal, Chicago Sun-Times

July 23, 2009

The Potty-Trained Trustee

Anne D. Neal, Inside Higher Ed

July 14, 2009

SDSU praised for protecting free exchange of ideas

Amanda Palluck, Brookings Register

July 12, 2009

OSU honored for free ideas

Susan Simpson, The Oklahoman

July 8, 2009

A republic if you can keep it: Failing to teach first principles

Public Interest Institute, The Rock Valley Bee

July 8, 2009

ACTA on South Dakota Public Radio

Paul Guggenheimer, Dakota Midday

Spring/Summer 2009

The Crisis of Economic Illiteracy

Sandra Czelusniak, The Journal of the James Madison Institute

June 29, 2009

The Ominous Rise of the Adjuncts

Maurice Black & Erin O'Connor, Minding the Campus

June 24, 2009

Advice for U.S. on Accreditation

Anne D. Neal, Inside Higher Ed

June 18, 2009

Colleges strive to ensure intellectual diversity

Mary Beth Marklein, USA Today

June 2, 2009

Denied a Discussion at a Reunion, a Macalester College Alumni Group Plans a Sit-In

Robin Wilson, The Chronicle of Higher Education

June 1, 2009

Is The Core Curriculum Really Coming Back?

Charlotte Allen, Minding the Campus

May 27, 2009

Fired for doing his job

Anne D. Neal, The Washington Examiner

Summer 2009

It's Economics, Stupid!

David Azerrad, inFocus

May 10, 2009

Volunteer days engage scattered alumni

G. Jeffrey MacDonald, USA Today

April 26, 2009

No room for backsliding on SUNY’s core curriculum

Anne D. Neal, The Buffalo News

April 23, 2009

New Unrest on Campus as Donors Rebel

John Hechinger, The Wall Street Journal

April 12, 2009

P.C.U.?

Richmond Times-Dispatch

April 3, 2009

A ($1) Win for Ward Churchill

Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed

March/April 2009

Online Universities: The Dishonor Roll

Rich Dzierwa, Consumers Digest

March 23, 2009

Colleges can handle controversy without squelching free speech

Charles Mitchell, The Philadelphia Inquirer

March 22, 2009

Why UDC Is on the Right Path

Kathleen M. Pesile, The Washington Post

March 10, 2009

Don't know much about the economy

Anne D. Neal, The DC Examiner

March 8, 2009

IDEAS: Economic Illiterates

Maurice Black and Erin O'Connor, Newsday

February 26, 2009

Universities should tighten their belts

Anne D. Neal, Des Moines Register

February 11, 2009

A timely reminder that "we cannot escape history"

Mary Beth Marklein, USA Today

January 27, 2009

Shouldn't All Students Learn Economics?

Maurice Black & Erin O'Connor, Minding the Campus

January 23, 2009

For Academic-Freedom, Against Speech Codes

Peter Schmidt, The Chronicle of Higher Education

January 23, 2009

Free Speech and Ohio Trustees

Quick Takes, Inside Higher Ed