1
Liberal Arts Take Another Bad Turn
Sources
In Defense of the Liberal Arts
(Inside Higher Education)
The Humanities as We Know Them Are Doomed. Now What?
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Studying English Takes a Back Seat to Identity Politics
(Minding the Campus)
With Enrollment Sliding, Liberal Arts Colleges Struggle to Make a Case for Themselves
(Hechinger Report)
Liberal Arts Shouldn’t Be an Afterthought
(Washington Post)
How Colleges Can Help STEM Students Think More Broadly
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Further Reading
The Party of the University
(The Point Magazine)
Gray Matter
(New Criterion)
The “Two Cultures” Fallacy
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
A College Considers Taking the “Liberal” out of “Liberal Education” (Chronicle of Higher Education)
A Wild Muddle
(Aeon)
Hanna Holborn Gray on University Leadership
(Harvard Magazine)
Defending a Debased Version of the Liberal Arts
(Minding the Campus)
Boilermakers Aren’t Made for Tribes
(American Council of Trustees and Alumni)
2 Associations Forcefully Defend the Liberal Arts
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Why We Should Require All Students to Take 2 Philosophy Courses
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Fighting the Burnout Culture: How Personalist Philosophers and Benedictine Monks Can Help Stressed-Out College Students
(Public Discourse)
College Students Say They Want a Degree for a Job. Are They Getting What They Want?
(Washington Post)
2
Multiculturalism’s Effect on the Hard Sciences
Sources
How Identity Politics Is Harming the Sciences
(City Journal)
Reeducation Campus
(City Journal)
Further Reading
The Importance of Cultural Nationalism in the Era of Distrust
(Quillette)
Two Nations, Revisited
(National Affairs)
“The Great Rift” Review: From Comity to Culture War
(Wall Street Journal)
How Identity Politics Drags Down the Value of a College Degree
(Federalist)
Three Post-War Liberals Strove to Establish the Meaning of Freedom
(The Economist)
Notable & Quotable: Betsy DeVos
(Wall Street Journal)
Identity Politics
(NAS)
The Man Who Discovered “Culture Wars”
(Wall Street Journal)
3
Beta Theta Pshaw!
Sources
WVU Bans 5 Fraternities in Ongoing Debate
(Education Drive)
Colleges Team Up for Report Card on Fraternities to Curb Bad Behavior
(Wall Street Journal)
After Hazing Deaths, Parents Unite With Fraternities to Make Change
(Washington Post)
These Parents Want to Change the Frats Where Their Sons Died
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Going After Fraternities
(Inside Higher Education)
Further Reading
Judge Orders More Penn State Frat Members to Stand Trial in Hazing Death
(Wall Street Journal)
Going to War With Fraternities
(Inside Higher Education)
Law Professor: Syracuse Betrayed Its Commitment to Free Speech When It Punished Fraternity
Members for Their Videos
(Washington Post)
4
Is It Sanctioned Speech or Just Proper Etiquette?
Sources
The Bias Response Team Is Watching
(Wall Street Journal)
“Speak Freely” and “Hate” Reviews: Teaching Tolerance
(Wall Street Journal)
The College Campus’s Cult of Fragility
(National Review)
Further Reading
You Can Only Protect Campus Speech if You Acknowledge Racism
(Washington Post)
Brave Spaces
(New York Review of Books)
Securing Free Speech and Free Inquiry on Campus
(National Association of Scholars)
To Punish Disrupters, Or Not? New Recommendations to Restore Free Speech on Campus
(Forbes)
Wisconsin Court Sides With Professor Who Was Suspended After Blogging About a Student
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Sometimes More Speech Isn’t the Solution to Offensive Speech
(Washington Post)
5
Free Speech Pushback and Accommodation
Sources
Campus Censorship Hits Pro-Lifers Hard
(Wall Street Journal)
When Professors Stir Outrage, What’s a University to Do?
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Free Speech Discourse on the Dark Web
(Minding the Campus)
Michigan’s Law School Should Educate the BRTs
(Wall Street Journal)
College Students Suing Over Free Speech Get a Powerful Ally: The Trump Administration
(Wall Street Journal)
New Topic on Campus: Civil Discourse 101
(Wall Street Journal)
Further Reading
A Conference’s Recipe for “Viewpoint Diversity”: More Free Play, More John Stuart Mill
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Rough Social Justice at Evergreen State
(Wall Street Journal)
Securing Free Speech and Free Inquiry on Campus
(National Association of Scholars)
University of Michigan Pushes Back Against Free Speech Lawsuit
(Washington Times)
In Name of Free Speech, States Crack Down on Campus Protests
(New York Times)
Princeton Prof Thinks Free Speech Is in Serious Trouble
(Martin Center)
Judge Declines Motion to Halt Actions of Bias Response Team
(Michigan Daily)
Trump Administration Challenges University of Michigan Anti-Bullying Rules
(New York Times)
Wisconsin High Court Backs Marquette Professor in Academic Free-Speech Case
(Wall Street Journal)
Marquette’s Black Eye
(Wall Street Journal)
Speaking Freely
(Trusteeship Magazine)
A Limit on Paying for Controversial Speakers
(Inside Higher Education)
6
Vindication for Professor in Free Speech Episode
Sources
My Effing First Amendment
(This American Life)
State of Conflict
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Academic Freedom and Tenure: University of Nebraska–Lincoln
(AAUP)
Further Reading
Faculty Senate Criticizes Tennessee System’s President After Sudden Firing ofKnoxville Chancellor
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Corey Lewandowski Heads to Harvard
(Boston Globe)
Morning Spin: Why Illinois is Becoming More of a “Microcosm of NationalPolitics” (Los Angeles Times)
AAUP Adds University of Nebraska–Lincoln to Censure List for Violations ofPrinciples
(AAUP)
Schools Are Backing Improvements to the Campus Climate Around Race
(Lumina Foundation)
U. of Nebraska Wondered Whether Conservative Students Were Being Silenced.
Here’s What It Found Out.
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
7
Sexual Assault In the #MeToo Era
Sources
Universities Slap Rules on Professors Accused of Sexual Harassment
(Wall Street Journal)
Schools Pay Millions in Sexual-Harassment Settlements
(Wall Street Journal)
No More Passing the Harasser
(Inside Higher Education)
A Major Scientific Society Says Harassment Derails Women’s Careers. Critics Say the Group
Hasn’t Done Enough
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Campus Sexual Harassment Not Being Tackled—Report
(New York Times)
Further Reading
Should University Presses Cancel Harassers’ Book Contracts?
(Inside Higher Education)
UC Berkeley Suspends Professor for Sexual Harassment
(Los Angeles Times)
What One Professor’s List of 700 Sexual Misconduct Cases Means for Higher Ed
(Education Dive)
How 3 Colleges Changed Their Sexual-Assault Practices in Response to a National Survey
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Columbia Student Accuses Former School Administrator of Sexual Harassmentin Lawsuit
(Wall Street Journal)
Triple Jeopardy in College Sexual Assault Case Ends an N.F.L. Career
(New York Times)
8
Sexual Assault: Administrative Fallout
How a Successful Presidency Failed, One Day at a Time
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
USC President Steps Down, Effective Immediately, in Wake of Sex-Abuse Scandal
(LA Times)
Max Nikias Is Still President of USC. What Will It Take for Him to Leave?
(LA Times)
Michigan State to Fund $500 Million Sex-Abuse Settlement Through Bonds
(Wall Street Journal)
With $500-Million Payout, Michigan State President Says, “The Dark Cloud HasBeen Lifted”
(The Chronicle of Higher Education)
How Did Michigan State’s Interim Chief Squander a Chance to Heal?
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Further Reading
USC Names Retired Aerospace Executive Wanda Austin as Acting President,Announces Nikias’ Departure
(LA Times)
Former Michigan State Gymnastics Coach Charged With Lying to Police in LarryNassar Case
(LA Times)
Michigan State Trustees Are Frequent Fliers on Team Road Trips
(Detroit Free Press)
Michigan State Acting President Engler Questioned Over Sex-Abuse Scandal
(Wall Street Journal)
Michigan State Weighs How to Pay $500 Million Nassar Settlement
(Wall Street Journal)
As Calls to Resign Grow Louder, Michigan State’s Interim President Digs In
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
The Barrier to Rooting Out Nassar’s Crimes? Michigan State’s Ex-PresidentFaults University Bureaucracy
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Why Do Colleges Keep Failing to Prevent Abuse?
(Inside Higher Education)
Hundreds of USC Professors Call for President’s Ouster
(Wall Street Journal)
At a Brutal Meeting of Trustees, Michigan State’s Wounds Are Laid Bare
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Larry Nassar’s Former Boss Is Out at Michigan State
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Salmon, Awkward Tweets, and “Hell No,” I Wouldn’t Fire Him: A Reporter’s Notes From Outside Michigan State’s Trustee Dinner
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
9
Time to Tax Endowments (Again)?
Sources
University of Michigan Raises $5 Billion, Others Close Behind
(Wall Street Journal)
How Harvard Raised $9.6 Billion, and What Comes Next for All Campaigns
(Chronicle of Philanthropy)
Massachusetts Gubernatorial Candidate Wants to Tax the Ivory Tower
(Wall Street Journal)
Further Reading
Money Matters
(Harvard Magazine)
New Era for Women as Donors
(Inside Higher Ed)
Michael Bloomberg Commits $375 Million to Education Initiatives
(Wall Street Journal)
Harvard Seeks Sale of South America Timber Holdings
(Bloomberg)
How One Small School’s Endowment Is Topping the Class
(Wall Street Journal)
Harvard Raised $9.6 Billion in Its Latest Campaign. Here’s What You Could Do With That Money.
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
The Man Who Bought New York
(New York Times)
Recent Private Gifts to Higher Education
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
10
What Happens When the Accused Is a Woman?
Sources
Avital Ronell Blowback Has Entered College Classrooms. Here’s How Scholars Are Responding.
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
New Disclosures About an NYU Professor Reignite a War Over Gender and Harassment
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
NYU Scholar Accused of Harassment Assails Rush to Judgment as Sign of “Sexual Paranoia”
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Further Reading
NYU Lesbian Philosopher Accused of Sexual Harassment Had Past Affair With … Male Teen?
(College Fix)
11
The College Presidency Evolves--Slowly
Sources
What’s on the Mind of the Private-College President? 3 Insights From a New Report
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
The Presidential Long View
(Trusteeship)
Nontraditional Presidents: A New Wave of Enterprise Leadership
(Trusteeship)
Former Gates Foundation Official Will Lead Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
The Pragmatist
(Harvard Magazine)
Installation Address by Lawrence S. Bacow
(Harvard University)
Further Reading
Presidents Who Leave Liberal Arts Colleges
(Inside Higher Ed)
12
A Name by Any Other Name
Sources
This University Is Removing a Statue of Its Slave-Owning Founder
(CNN)
Race, History and Robert E. Lee
(Inside Higher Education)
How Colleges Confront Their Racist Pasts
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Washington and Lee Renames Buildings, Replaces Military Portraits of Its Namesakes
(Washington Post)
Welcome Students, Let’s Talk About Confederate Statues
(Wall Street Journal)
What Happened When One University Moved a Confederate Statue to a Museum
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
After Confederate Monument Is Torn Down, UNC Promises to Come Up With a Plan to Protect Silent Sam and Public Safety
(Washington Post)
What Happened When One University Moved a Confederate Statue to a Museum
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Further Reading
The Trashing of George Mason University
(Wall Street Journal)
How George Mason Will Take the Controversy out of Its Gift Agreement
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Washington and Lee Won’t Change Its Name. But a Year After Charlottesville, the School Is Not
Unchanged
(Washington Post)
Hundreds Of UNC Faculty Members Urge Officials Not to Restore Silent Sam Statue to Its Original
Location
(Washington Post)
UNC’s President on Silent Sam: ‘We’ve Seen Less Receptivity to Other Points of View’
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
13
Are Colleges Responsible for Student Suicide?
Sources
M.I.T. Is Not Responsible for Student’s Suicide, Court Rules
(New York Times)
Court Gives Guidance on Colleges’ Responsibility to Prevent Suicide
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
At Least 8 States This Year Have Passed Laws Related to Youth Suicide Prevention
(Education Dive)
College Student Mental Health and Well-Being
(Higher Education Today)
Further Reading
A Professor’s Contract Not Renewed After She Criticized Changes in Campus Mental Health Services
(Education Dive)
Colleges Bend the Rules for More Students, Give Them Extra Help
(Wall Street Journal)
Students Feel Less Safe When Security Cameras Are in School Buildings, Survey Says
(Education Dive)
How Colleges Are ‘Setting Up a Generation for Failure’
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
14
Chicago Drops the SAT and ACT
Sources
University of Chicago Drops SAT, ACT Requirement for Admissions
(Wall Street Journal)
Save the SAT Writing Test
(Wall Street Journal)
UChicago’s Ill-Conceived Plan to Drop Standardized Testing Requirements
(National Review)
U. of Chicago Will No Longer Require ACT or SAT Tests
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
An Ultra-Selective University Just Dropped the ACT/SAT. So What?
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Rethink College Rankings and Focus on Helping More Attain a College Credential
(San Francisco Chronicle)
Chicago Drops SAT/ACT Requirement. Will Others Follow?
(Inside Higher Education)
Further Reading
SAT Tops College Admissions Rival ACT for First Time in Seven Years
(Wall Street Journal)
The 2018 Surveys of Admissions Leaders: The Pressure Grows
(Inside Higher Education)
Making the Case for Test Optional
(Inside Higher Education)
High-Scoring, Low-Income Students Will be Paid to Pivot Toward College
(Education Dive)
As Students Return to College, a Basic Question Persists: What are They Learning?
(Hechinger Report)
15
Will Restorative Justice Work for Sexual Assault Cases
Sources
Why More Colleges Are Trying Restorative Justice in Sex-Assault Cases
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Is Restorative Justice for Sexual Misconduct Cases Effective?
(Education Dive)
Tracking Issues of Sexual Misconduct on Campus: Questions for Boards
(ABG Blog)
16
Will Restorative Justice Work for Sexual Assault Cases
Sources
Why More Colleges Are Trying Restorative Justice in Sex-Assault Cases
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Is Restorative Justice for Sexual Misconduct Cases Effective?
(Education Dive)
Tracking Issues of Sexual Misconduct on Campus: Questions for Boards
(ABG Blog)
17
A New Push for College Completion
Sources
Completion Reforms That Work: How Leading Colleges Are Improving the Attainment of High-Value Degrees
(American Enterprise Institute)
Early-Alert Systems Seen as Mixed Bag
(Inside Higher Education)
Private Colleges Give Ground on Student Data
(Inside Higher Education)
Further Reading
Defining and Delivering on Quality in Higher Education
(Lumina Foundation)
What Matters Most for College Completion? Academic Preparation Is a Key Predictor of Success
(American Enterprise Institute)
The Policy Imperative: Policy Tools Should Create Incentives for College Completion
(American Enterprise Institute)
Rethinking Financial Aid: Small Grants Make a Big Difference in College Completion
(Washington Post)
U of North Georgia to Add “Momentum Year” for Freshmen
(Education Dive)
States Struggle to Close Degree-Attainment Gaps
(Inside Higher Education)
Congress Needs to Lift Restrictions on Collecting College Student Data
(Washington Post)
18
The Big Hack
Source
s
White House Considers Restricting Chinese Researchers Over Espionage Fears
(New York Times)
The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies
(Bloomberg)
Call for Action to Combat China’s Campus Influence
(University World News)
White House Discussed Unilateral Ban on Chinese Students
(University World News)
Further Reading
“It Would Have Been Catastrophic”: Trump Administration Suggested, Then Shelved, a Plan to
Bar All Chinese Students
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
19
Students Support Due Process
Sources
FIRE Survey: Students Want Due Process for Accused
(Minding the Campus)
Football Players Sue University of Minnesota Over Sexual-Assault Investigation
(Wall Street Journal)
An “Unprecedented” Direction for Title IX
(Inside Higher Ed)
Campus-Assault Cases Get Faster Review Under Trump
(Wall Street Journal)
Further Reading
Students Want Due Process—With Limited Rights in Sexual Misconduct Cases
(Inside Higher Education)
The Chance to Question Your Accuser
(Inside Higher Education)
Due Process for Sexual Assault Cases
(Wall Street Journal)
20
Harvard’s Asian Americans Now at the Center of Affirmative-Action Debate
Sources
Top Universities Balk at Trump’s Rollback of Affirmative Action Guidelines
(Huffington Post)
Harvard Says Asians Lack Courage, Kindness, Likability
(Minding the Campus)
Justice Department Says Harvard Hurts Asian Americans’ Admissions Prospects With “Personal Rating”
(Wall Street Journal)
Trump Administration to Rescind Obama Guidelines on Race in CollegeAdmissions
(Wall Street Journal)
Harvard Is Too Discriminating
(Wall Street Journal)
Further Reading
At Court, Even the Judge Has a Harvard Connection. (She Didn’t Get In.)
(New York Times)
The Trump Administration Just Rescinded Obama-Era Guidance on Race-Conscious Admissions Policies. So
What?
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Every College—Even Harvard—Has a Right to Build Its Own Community
(The Hill)
The Latest Affirmative Action Suit May Succeed Where Others Failed
(The James. G. Martin Center)
The Clock Ticks for Affirmative Action: Sandra Day O’Connor Envisioned a Deadline for Racial Preferences
(Weekly Standard)
Defending Diversity
(Harvard University)
Harvard Case Could End Affirmative Discrimination
(American Spectator)
Asian American Students Suing Harvard Win Justice Dept. Support
(San Francisco Chronicle)
Trump Administration Reverses Obama on Affirmative Action
(San Francisco Chronicle)
Top U.S. Universities Back Harvard in Affirmative-Action Case
(Wall Street Journal)
A New Policy on Race in College Admissions
(New York Times)
21
It’s Overtime for the NCAA
Sources
The NCAA Is Too Far Gone for Incremental Reform
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
More Victims Come Forward in Ohio State’s Sexual-Abuse Investigation of Sports Doctor
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Urban Meyer Tweets, and the Ohio State Football Crisis Takes a Turn
(Wall Street Journal)
Brian Bowen II and the Real Victims of N.C.A.A. Scandals
(New York Times)
Adidas Executive, Two Others Found Guilty in College-Basketball Corruption Trial
(Wall Street Journal)
Further Reading
College Sports and Educational Opportunity: Exposing the (Half) Truth
(Martin Center)
NCAA Tweaks Amateur Rules for College Basketball Players
(Wall Street Journal)
Urban Meyer Put on Leave During Ohio State Investigation
(Wall Street Journal)
Brandeis Confronts Bigotry—and Those Who Looked the Other Way
(Inside Higher Education)
$270 Million for a Football Complex ... at Northwestern
(Inside Higher Education)
It’s Time for College Trustees to Get in the Game
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
22
Betsy DeVos Proposes an Overhaul of Sex Assault Rules
Sources
New U.S. Sexual Misconduct Rules Bolster Rights of Accused and ProtectColleges
(New York Times)
DeVos’s Rules on Sexual Misconduct, Long Awaited on Campuses, Reflect HerInterim Policy
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
New Rules Would Boost Rights of Those Accused of Campus Sexual Assaults
(Wall Street Journal)
Reining in the Excesses of Title IX
(The Atlantic)
Further Reading
Would the Education Dept.’s New Title IX Rules Really Save CollegesMoney?
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Mutually Nonconsensual Sex
(The Atlantic)
How a Student Used Title IX to Force Her College to Change Its Response to Cases of Sexual Assault
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Education Department Launches Investigation into University of SouthernCalifornia
(Wall Street Journal)
A Scarlet Title IX Letter
(Wall Street Journal)
Baylor “Set the Football Program on Fire” as Scapegoat in Sex-Assault Scandal, Says Ex–Athletic Director
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Comparing Seven Key Changes in DeVos’ Title IX Proposal
(Minding the Campus)
Facing Penalties, 100 Percent of College Students Completed SexualHarassment Training
(Harvard Crimson)
100-Plus Students Confront UMBC President Over Sexual Assault Response
(Education Dive)
23
Conservative Voices Fading Fast From College Campuses
Sources
Diversity Studies: Your Path to a 6-Figure Salary
(Minding the Campus)
More on My Efforts to Advance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and End Gender Discrimination in Michigan
(AEIdeas)
The Disappearing Conservative Professor
(National Affairs)
The Problem With All Those Liberal Professors
(Bloomberg)
A Movement Rise to Take Back Higher Education
(Wall Street Journal)
Further Reading
Diversity Policies Are Corrupting the Sciences
(Minding the Campus)
Low-Income Students at Selective Colleges
(American Enterprise Institute)
Why International Students Are Important at Indiana U
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Universities Look South to Recruit International Students
(University World News)
A Hidden Strength of Minority-Serving Colleges: Meeting Students WhereThey Are
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Lowering School Standards for Diversity’s Sake Hurts All Students
(USA Today)
Student Diversity at More Than 4,300 Institutions
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
UCLA’s Infatuation With Diversity Is a Costly Diversion From Its True Mission
(Los Angeles Times)
24
Uproars at Brown and UVa
Sources
Brown Criticized for Removing Article on Transgender Study
(NBC News)
New U-Va. President Supports Appointment of Controversial Former Trump Aide to Campus Center
(Washington Post)
The University of Virginia in an Uproar Again—Over a Single Faculty Hire
(James G. Martin Center)
25
No More Rankings—Please More Rankings
Sources
College Rankings Need More Focus on Graduation Rates of Low-Income Students
(Washington Post)
The “U.S. News” Rankings’ (Faux?) Embrace of Social Mobility
(Inside Higher Education)
Princeton and Williams Still Top U.S. News College Rankings—but New Formula Scrambles the Annual Lists
(Washington Post)
Rethink College Rankings and Focus on Helping More Attain a College Credential
(San Francisco Chronicle)
Public Schools Make Gains in WSJ/THE College Rankings
(Wall Street Journal)
Further Reading
States’ Decision to Reduce Support for Higher Education Comes at a Cost
(Washington Post)
You Graduated Cum Laude? So Did Everyone Else
(Wall Street Journal)
Northeast Rules in WSJ/THE Ranking of Liberal-Arts Schools
(Wall Street Journal)
The Colleges That Offer the Best Financial Futures
(Wall Street Journal)
Which Colleges Give You the Best Value in WSJ/THE Rankings
(Wall Street Journal)
26
Americans Still Believe in Higher Ed’s Public Good
Sources
Private Colleges in Peril
(Education Next)
Six Forces Disrupting Higher Education
(New Geography)
“The University We Need” Review: Rethinking College
(Wall Street Journal)
Americans Still Believe in Higher Ed’s “Public Good” (Inside Higher Ed)
Further Reading
Not Everyone Should Go to College
(Wall Street Journal)
It’s Time to End College Majors as We Know Them
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Bryan Caplan and Nassim Nicholas Taleb on What’s Missing in Education
(Mercatus Center)
Joint Statement with AAC&U on the Liberal Arts
(AAUP)
The Future of Free College
(Manhattan Institute Commentary)
How the Great Recession Changed Higher Education Forever
(Washington Post)
Crossing Borders: How 10 Universities Are Forging New Ties in the Americas
(Washington Post)
What Do Top Colleges Have Against Transfer Students?
(Washington Post)
The Future of College Education: Students For Life, Computer Advisers and Campuses Everywhere
(Washington Post)
Scott Cowen Led Tulane Through the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Now He Has Ideas on How to
Fix Higher Education.
(Washington Post)
A Worrisome Trend for Higher Education: Declining Enrollments
(James G. Martin Center)
Questions Swirl as Earlham College’s President Will Leave Just a Year
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Why Is College in America So Expensive?
(The Atlantic)
27
Why Are So Many People Afraid of Jordan Peterson?
Source
How Dangerous Is Jordan Peterson?
(Intercollegiate Studies Institute)
Further Reading
Jordan Peterson, Custodian of the Patriarchy
(New York Times)
Jordan Peterson: “One Thing I’m Not Is Naïve”
(Financial Times)
28
A Philosopher and a Political Scientist Take on Identity Politics
Sources
Kwame Anthony Appiah on Race, Nationalism and Identity Politics
(Financial Times)
Francis Fukuyama Postpones the End of History
(New Yorker)
What Follows the End of History? Identity Politics
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Further Reading
On the Kidnapped African Boy Who Became a German Philosopher
(Literary Hub)
Against Identity Politics: The New Tribalism and the Crisis of Democracy
(Foreign Affairs)
Off the Shelf: The Search for Dignity
(National Review)
Books on Politics: We Are All Aggrieved Minorities Now
(Wall Street Journal)
29
Betsy DeVos Misses Crucial Deadline
Sources
Missed Deadline Stalls DeVos Agenda
(Inside Higher Education)
University of Maryland University College: A “Respected State University” No Better
Than Its For-Profit Peers
(National Review)
Further Reading
U.S. Proposes Tightening Rules for Forgiving Student Loans
(Wall Street Journal)
A More Restrictive Rule for Defrauded Borrowers
(Inside Higher Ed)
Court Considers Questions on Loan Forgiveness for Defrauded Students
(Inside Higher Ed)
Trump’s Education Department Moves to Rescind Rule Aimed at For-ProfitSchools
(Washington Post)
Winners and Losers From DeVos Approach
(Inside Higher Ed)
30
The High Economic Costs of Student Loan Debt
Sources
Mike Meru Has $1 Million in Student Loans. How Did That Happen?
(Wall Street Journal)
Why Student-Loan Delinquency Is Falling
(Wall Street Journal)
Five Reasons Why Student Loans Are a Looming Disaster
(Minding the Campus)
Student-Debt Forgiveness Is a Wonderful Boon, Until the IRS Comes Calling
(Wall Street Journal)
Further Reading
$1.5 Trillion Student Loan Debacle Hits a Tipping Point
(Minding the Campus)
Student Loans Are Forcing Young Graduates to Put Off Settling Down
(Los Angeles Times)
Trump Administration Moves to Make It Harder for Defrauded Students to EraseDebt
(Los Angeles Times)
The Link Between Completion and Loan Repayment
(Inside Higher Ed)
Crushing Student Debt for $400, Alex?
(Inside Higher Ed)
Where Grad Students Struggle With Loan Repayments
(Inside Higher Ed)
New Questions on Racial Disparity and Student Debt
(Inside Higher Ed)
Few Graduates Working in Public Service Have Received Expected Break onLoans
(Washington Post)
California Plans to Sue One of the Nation’s Largest Student Loan Companies
(Washington Post)
Tamp Down the Rising Cost of Higher Education
(Los Angeles)
31
Live Long and Prosper—Just Not on Capitol Hill
Sources
An Update of the Federal Law Governing Higher Ed Appears Dead. Now There’s a Fight
Over Who Killed It.
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
The GOP’s Ambitious College Reform Plan
(Wall Street Journal)
The $1.5 Trillion Student Loan Debacle Hits a Tipping Point
(Minding the Campus)
How Republican and Democratic Wish Lists on Higher Education Stack Up
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Congress, Pass the PROSPER Act for Federal Student Aid Reform
(The Hill)
Further Reading
Low Expectations: A Toolkit for the Aim Higher Act
(National Association of Scholars)
Aim Higher Act: Setting Lower Standards for Higher Ed
(National Association of Scholars)
Texas Association of Scholars Supports the PROSPER Act
(National Association of Scholars)
PROSPER Act: A Strong Start to Higher Ed Reform
(National Association of Scholars)
32
College-For-Everyone Movement Begins to Slow
Sources
College for Everyone? Even the Left Has Doubts
(Minding the Campus)
College May Not Be Worth It Anymore
(New York Times)
Is There an Alternative to College?
(Washington Post)
Can a Huge Online College Solve California’s Work-Force Problems?
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Further Reading
The Future of Free College
(Manhattan Institute Commentary)
The Future of Free College
(Brookings Institute)