What's Wrong with College? Plenty. What's Wrong with Journalism About College? Everything.

What's Wrong with College? Plenty. What's Wrong with Journalism About College? Everything.

I exaggerate a bit.  When the press covers for-profit diploma mills or exploding student debt, it is smart and skeptical.    When...

Health Care: Here we go Again?

Health Care: Here we go Again?

As you may know, there have been rumors of a significant rise in the co-payments that UC's health insurance plans require as part of coverage of...

The Latest on the Salaita Case at the University of Illinois

The Latest on the Salaita Case at the University of Illinois

As you probably know, at the beginning of August University of Illinois Chancellor Phyllis Wise decided to rescind an offer of a tenured position to...

NCAA In Turmoil

NCAA In Turmoil

This week has seen the thin veneer of amateurism removed from the image of the NCAA. Two separate decisions--one by the Association and one by a Federal...

How Can Public Research Universities Pay for Research? (UPDATED 04/15)

How Can Public Research Universities Pay for Research? (UPDATED 04/15)

Higher ed policy is suffering through a long siege  of intellectual gridlock.  The default result is what I've been calling permausterity,...