The president of an online school watches the government’s unfolding campaign against schools that seek profits, and is aghast.
By Richard Bishirjian
Editor's note: Richard Bishirjian. Ph.D., is president of Yorktown University, an Internet-based school whose undergraduate programs are rooted in the liberal arts and whose graduate programs focus on business and government.
The Obama administration, working with congressional Democrats, has rolled out a concerted effort to change American postsecondary education. As with health care and finance, the administration has a consistent method: Focus on a felt need, find a scapegoat, and use the full force of coercive state power to effect radical change.
Today’s scapegoats are the proprietary higher education companies.
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Evidence shows that college students put in less and less time on coursework but receive higher grades.
By Patrick Allitt
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UNC officials and the state legislature decide to empty the pockets of students who pay their own way instead of cutting waste.
By Ches McDowell
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State Investment in Universities: Rethinking the Impact on Economic Growth
Policymakers today commonly assume that investing taxpayers' funds into higher education leads to major payoffs in economic growth. This report looks at broader economic studies that attempts to correlate expenditures with results. Accommodating College Students with Learning Disabilities: ADD, ADHD, and Dyslexia
Universities are providing extra time on tests, quiet exam rooms, in-class note-takers, and other assistance to college students with modest learning disabilities. But these policies are shrouded in secrecy. This paper, “Accommodating College Students with Learning Disabilities: ADD, ADHD, and Dyslexia,” by Melana Zyla Vickers, examines the nature of this assistance and discusses the policy questions it raises. Do North Carolina Students Have Freedom of Speech?
The report examines the speech, assembly and religious protections for students and faculty at North Carolina’s universities--both public and private. Using the speech code rating system from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), the Pope Center found that none of North Carolina’s universities received a "green light."
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Higher Education Headlines
North Carolina
If I Knew Then...
Older students at Meredith offer advice for incoming freshmen. In the Washington Post. Spousal Education Is Back
But Senator Kay Hagan would like to see the expensive military program restored to its full $6,000-per-person funding. In the Fayetteville Observer. National
Ed Schools Receive an F
A new report says that education schools are failing to hold graduates accountable in terms of teaching students. On Inside Higher Ed. Medicine Sans Science
The New York Times says that Mount Sinai medical school no longer requires some of its students to have taken organic chemistry, physics, or the MCAT. Thought Reform at Augusta State
CNN interviews the grad student at Augusta State University threatened with expulsion for not accepting progressive values on gay rights.
Opinion
Anti-Christianity in Academia
Timothy Larsen discusses the hostility of higher education to Christian views and calls for an investigation into possible systemic maltreatment. On Inside Higher Ed. A Monty Python-esque Ruling
Gregg Easterbrook of ESPN.com writes that the recent Title IX ruling on cheerleading is a case of legalism run amok. Where Does the Money Go?
Ryan Brady says that the percentage of tuition going to instructors' salaries reveals the error in the way we pay for college. On the College Affordability blog. |
