Category: University Governance
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Legislation Can’t Solve All of Academia’s Problems
Categories: University GovernanceBy Tao Tan, December 16, 2025 The Goldwater Institute, Defending Education, and the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal recently proposed an American Higher Education Restoration Act for state universities. This model bill would create a teaching-only tenure track for faculty in Americanism and Western Civilization with no research requirement, shifts control over most…
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Robert p. George and the great campus vibe shift
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Private Universities Can’t Survive Without Public Support
Categories: University GovernanceBy Tao Tan, November 5, 2025 In its first nine months, the Trump administration has thoroughly disrupted the American higher education landscape. It has cancelled federal grant funding, pressured university leaders to resign, and circulated a draft compact that ties preferential access to future funding to institutional policy changes. Critics call the administration’s actions overreach…
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Why Trump’s Compact Has Bipartisan Potential
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University Trustees Have Their Heads in the Sand
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America Needs Tough Grading
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Universities and the American Crisis
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Taking Institutional Neutrality Seriously on Campus
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Don’t Burn Down the Ivory Towers
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Doom and Gloom in the Groves of Academe
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