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A Collegiate Renaissance?
Commentary
May 22, 2023
You’ll Never Woke Alone
Under wokeness and incivility, college enrollments continue to decline.
Commentary
May 1, 2023
Professors Feel the Impact of Higher Education’s Collapse
College is too expensive, too high-risk, and too woke, and, as a result, professors are facing lower inflation-adjusted salaries.
Commentary
Apr. 13, 2023
Higher Education and the Law of Diminishing Returns
Shortening the average time-to-degree makes economic sense.
Commentary
Apr. 5, 2023
Muzzling Free Expression on Campus Causes Self-Censorship
Toxic campus cultures teach students and faculty to keep quiet.
Commentary
Mar. 28, 2023
Who Owns the University?
As state-run schools push extreme ideologies like CRT and DEI, some lawmakers and governors have begun to push back.
Commentary
Mar. 17, 2023
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


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