Higher Education

University Pioneers Next-Generation, Competency-Based Learning

Western Governors University is pioneering a new, fast-growing model of education: Competency-based learning.

Vicki Alger
April 14, 2012

Students’ American Dreams: Plunder and Entitlement

On the first day of class last fall, I asked my college students to spend ten minutes writing a brief essay explaining their definition of the American Dream and what they expected the federal

Jack Chambless
April 07, 2012

Halt the hatchet to higher education

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The Higher Education Power Shift to Administrators

Review of The Fall of the Faculty, by Benjamin Ginsberg (Oxford University Press, 2011), 264 pages, $29.95, ISBN: 019978244X.

Jay Lehr
January 03, 2012

Obama's College Loan Initiative Another Bailout for the Privileged

President Barack Obama's decision to effectively bail out U.S.

Thomas Cheplick
November 18, 2011

Regulating For-Profit Colleges in Ohio

October 31, 2011

The Ohio legislature is considering H.B.

Missouri Considers Performance-Based Higher Ed Funding

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (D) is pushing performance-based funding for higher education aimed at boosting student graduation rates and test scores and providing accountability to taxpayers.

Cheryl K. Chumley
October 21, 2011

Florida Governor Considers Competition-Based Higher Ed Reforms

Texas higher education reforms introduced in 2008 by presidential candidate and Gov. Rick Perry (R) have headed to Florida under Gov. Rick Scott (R).

Michael Naatjes
September 07, 2011
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