Ursinus Twitter Uproar Misses the Point
This week’s uproar over Ursinus Board of Trustees President Michael Marcon’s tweets, and the subsequent resignation of board member David Bloom, has upset me —
This week’s uproar over Ursinus Board of Trustees President Michael Marcon’s tweets, and the subsequent resignation of board member David Bloom, has upset me —
Readers of this blog know that I tend to embrace libertarian/conservative viewpoints generally, and especially when it comes to government intervention into areas that I consider
This took me by surprise, but National Review is shutting down virtually all of their blogs, including Phi Beta Cons, the blog dedicated to higher
You may remember that I recently wrote about the Eastern College president trying to line up at the Hillary Clinton free tuition trough. Now the
Would you purchase a pack of ten lightbulbs if you know in advance that four of them won't work? Neither would I. But that's what the
As college faculty members, should we tell students what to think, or should we help them to think for themselves? It seems that one professor at
I don't know about others, but I always placed a higher value on things that I worked hard to obtain. With all of the pandering going on
I earned my MBA at Temple University in 1979, and all seemed to be reasonably well at the time. But in the last few weeks we have seen
Sometimes the most well-intentioned programs can be adopted without enough forethought and analysis. The Obama administration's Fair Chance for Higher Education initiative could be one of
Despite a $500 million endowment and a sticker price of $66,500 per year, it seems that tough times have come to Haverford College. You can read
It kills me every time I read an updated story about the high pay and generous perks that colleges and universities lavish on their top officers. If
Study after study recounts the depressing news for many college students - graduating rates only 50% six years after matriculation, soaring student loan debt, low