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The Collegiate War on Excellence and Descent into Mediocrity
Commentary
Feb. 14, 2023
Ownership, Control, and Reform: Market-Based Approaches to Universities
The status quo is not working—it is time for a change.
Commentary
Feb. 1, 2023
When Putin Turned His Back on Reaganomics
For a fleeting period he implemented serious tax reform before he did an about-face.
Commentary
Jan. 5, 2023
Wanted: A Successful Collegiate Rent-Seeker
Lobbying has made American higher education fat and ineffective.
Commentary
Jan. 4, 2023
The Most Selfish Generation
Americans today can’t match the achievements of the Greatest Generation.
Commentary
Dec. 13, 2022
Yes, an Academic Free-Speech Conference Needed Protection from the Mob
A recent Stanford event was “invitation-only” for a reason.
Commentary
Dec. 6, 2022
Michael Bloomberg Has Become the Advocate that Higher Education Needs the Most
Commentary
Nov. 3, 2022
Colleges: Go Back to Basics
Commentary
Oct. 27, 2022
Collegiate Complicity in the Erosion of American Identity
Commentary
Oct. 18, 2022
Higher Education Used to Love Controversy
Commentary
Sep. 29, 2022
Inflation Will Hit Universities Hard
Commentary
Aug. 27, 2022
Student Loan Handout—Illegal, Inflationary, Immoral, Inequitable and More
Biden aiding Democrat university allies with disastrous student loan handout
Commentary
Aug. 26, 2022
Can the U.S. Become Exceptional Again?
It would take a renewed respect for work, laws, fiscal responsibility, enterprise and education.
Commentary
Aug. 21, 2022
One of Our Few Great College Presidents Retires
Commentary
July 28, 2022
Four Reasons Biden’s Student Loans ‘Forgiveness’ Plan is Wrong
Commentary
June 18, 2022
University of California Suicide Watch
It seems determined to end the university’s preeminence.
Commentary
Apr. 30, 2022
The Very Model of a Modern University President
Commentary
Mar. 17, 2022
A Farewell Assessment: Higher Education after Six Decades
Commentary
Dec. 28, 2021
Can the Federal Student Loan Program Be Reformed?
Commentary
Dec. 23, 2021
Improving Access or Lowering Standards? Abolishing the SAT
Commentary
Dec. 15, 2021


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