As we look to the opening of the Texas legislative session in January, the pressure is on all state funded colleges and universities to cut costs, improve productivity, and enhance student outcomes, all in a difficult state fiscal environment. According to the November newsletter from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB), Texas is falling […]
Launch of Citizens for Student Success
I am pleased to have been invited and have agreed to be a contributing blogger to the web site of Citizens for Student Success, a national coalition for the reform of higher education led by the Texas Public Policy Foundation. The site will incorporate lessons learned from the recent reform experiences in several states and […]
The Coming Tsunami in Higher Education
The advance of technology in delivery is transforming higher education in America. Approximately one-third of current higher education students are enrolled in at least one online course, and the number is growing at a significant rate. Ron Trowbridge of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity thinks this trend will expand into radical reform and […]
The Continuing Texas Higher Education Media Frenzy
Last month I mentioned the current debate mainly centered on the respective values of research vs. teaching in our flagship universities sparked by my friend Jeff Sandefer’s “seven breakthrough solutions” to higher education reform and their possible implementation at The University of Texas and Texas A&M. Never did I suspect that the issue would have […]
The Flap Over Research vs. Teaching
Recently there has been a flurry of concern, mainly in the administration and faculty lounges and among some influential alumni of The University of Texas and Texas A&M, about initiatives for accountability in higher education developed by the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) and supported by Gov. Rick Perry. The initiatives primarily consist of […]
The Texas History Standards Debate
The Fordham Institute, an organization I admire for its work in education policy, has given the Texas public education social studies standards adopted by the State Board of Education a grade of D and criticized the standards for rigor and clarity as well as a political agenda that biased the curriculum from a leftist orientation […]
But What Will They Learn?
The American Council of Trustees and Alumni has recently released two reports, Protecting the Free Exchange of Ideas and What Will They Learn? The former identifies concrete measures recommended by ACTA and taken by 40 universities to ensure that students are learning how to think and not what to think. The latter demonstrates that our […]
The Truth about the Campus Left
Professor Ruth Wisse of Harvard sternly corrects those who say that university faculties are increasingly “liberal”: “Liberalism worthy of the name emphasizes freedom of the individual, democracy, and the rule of law……..What we see on the American campus is not liberalism, but a gutted and gutless “gliberalism”, that leaves to others the responsibility for governance, […]
Texas Higher Education Overhaul
There have been a number of recent appeals to Texas policy makers from business-related groups such as the Governor’s Business Council and the Build Texas Program to overhaul the structure and enhance the accountability and funding of the State’s publicly assisted institutions of higher education. In addition, the leadership of the two flagship universities, UT-Austin […]
A Great Question
In the May issue of Academic Questions, published by the National Association of Scholars, is this item: A large number of higher education employment ads have been including the following language—“We invite applications from qualified candidates who share our commitment to diversity”. An NAS member who drew attention to this development wonders if that wording […]
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