There is no doubt that public concern about the vitality of free speech and political debate on American college campuses has legitimate causes. However, the current round of attacks – from the extreme right and left — is a pretext. More...
Lt. Gov. Ray Tenorio intends to meet with education officials next week regarding his proposal to subsidize college tuition for Guamanian families, the governors announced Friday. More...
As the term “free college” draws applicants and ever-more media attention, states, cities and colleges are learning the realities of these large-scale aid programs. More...
All the values that Silicon Valley professes are the values of the 60s. The big tech companies present themselves as platforms for personal liberation. Everyone has the right to speak their mind on social media, to fulfil their intellectual and democratic potential, to express their individuality. More...
New Office for Students set to receive powers to crack down on ‘safe spaces’ and bans on controversial speakers. More...
Banning ‘no platform’ policies on campus would not be so easy. The web generation has witnessed the hijacking of decent debate. More...
Les universités seront scrutées et examinées dans les moindres détails, les enseignants évalués. Celles et ceux dont la rigueur et les positions idéologiques seront jugées « trop faibles » par le Parti seront punis. Tel est le programme annoncé par le gouvernement de Xi Jinping quelques semaines à peine avant le congrès du Parti communiste, qui se tiendra le 18 octobre à Pékin. Plus...
Who should pay for higher education? This perennial question returned after the 2017 UK general election and Labour’s bold proposal to abolish student fees. To many, offering free university tuition to all will sound like a noble enterprise – but the reality is that it remains a political policy in search of an economic justification. More...
By Tracy Mitrano. I concluded my last post with the plea that associations and campus leaders stand up collectively for the underlying values of American higher education of free speech and civil rights. More...
Most scholars would agree that academic freedom is fundamental to the integrity and legitimacy higher education. Without academic freedom, research and other forms of scholarship are constrained, putting into doubt the validity of results. One of the primary justifications for tenure has been that it protects academic freedom and, as a result, the integrity of the academy. More...
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