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ACTA teams up with Roper to survey Americans’ attitudes towards the nation’s system of higher education. The results show that many Americans don’t believe that students are getting their money’s worth from attending college or that colleges prepare students for the job market. The survey also found that most Americans believe that colleges and universities should require classes in core subjects.
The older Americans are, and the less time they have spent on a college campus, the more likely they are to believe that professors are politically biased. That's the chief finding of a question from a survey conducted through The Chronicle/Gallup Panel that asked Americans: "How often ...
The public is increasingly displeased with colleges often being run like businesses, according to a study released earlier this month. Still, Dean of Admissions Eric Furda said Penn "can be proud that it is an institution that is really mindful of its resources and how to best use them." The st...
Academic freedom is not freedom from criticism or freedom from responsibility. That is what the American Council of Trustees and Alumni has been saying since well before Sept. 11. But you wouldn't know that reading Globe correspondent Neve Gordon's misguided review (Living/Arts, Aug. 2) of the bo...
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