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In his latest Bastiat’s Window post, Bob Graboyes looks at the infamous Tuskegee Experiment, where government officials treated individuals as...
Among the many institutions that have been captured during the left’s “long march” is the American Bar Association (ABA), which now is more...
As the Martin Center has been arguing for its entire existence, American higher ed costs far too much and delivers far too little benefit — thanks...
F. A. Hayek famously argued that among the defects of totalitarian government is that the worst people tend to seek and get the reins of power. In...
College professors often lament that many of their students have little interest in learning, but are in college just because they need a credential...
One of the current scams in higher education is claiming accommodation for your “disability.” Students who get this are given additional time on...
The days of worrying about the population explosion seem to be over; now, we’re facing the unpleasant prospect of a shrinking population as more and...
By now, almost everyone understands that college students are turning to Artificial Intelligence to do their written work. That’s a serious problem....
As I have long argued, it was a huge mistake for the federal government ever to begin financing higher education. The results have been terrible —...
For many young Americans, schooling and credentials matter, but actual education is an afterthought. They have many other things they’d rather do...
It wasn’t long ago that most young Americans automatically went to college. Not going to college was regarded as a stigma and a guarantee of...
It wasn't so many years ago that higher education was a growth industry. Going to college was an expectation among most American students, and...
Many of our college students these days are so certain of their moral rectitude that they protest campus speakers before having heard what the...
For more than a century, American students interested in post-secondary education had a choice between the good old bachelor’s degree, which took...
Azar Nafisi, an expatriate Iranian author, dared to have a mind of her own in a country where the law demanded that she conform to official...
Our education system has been undermined in numerous ways and among them is that many students have very poor attention spans. They can’t read books...
It used to be the case that our educational institutions focused on teaching students truth and how to find it. But over the last 50 years or so, many...
For decades, many American academics have been obsessed with diversity — meaning “diversity” with regard to race, to be accomplished through...
College leaders love spending money. Since they run nonprofit institutions, they don’t worry about “bottom line” efficiency, but instead about...
For decades, vitriolic speech from leftists has been tolerated — just one of those things. Calling those who disagree with them Nazis, racists, etc....
One of the worst blunders in American history was the decision to let the federal government get into the business of financing higher education. The...
Harvard has become known as the poster child for grade inflation. An A is by far the most common grade, while anything below a B is very rare. The...
The old regime in college sports — where players were supposed to be pure amateurs and dirty old money was kept — was nonsensical. The Supreme...
Harvard University was once a highly respected academic institution where, it was assumed, students could receive a superior education. But it has...
Among the serious problems with American higher education is that faculty members often hide the true nature of their courses. They’re eager to...
Across a wide range of academic fields, scholars who want to do research that in some way involves human beings need to get approval from their...
The left has thoroughly infiltrated American education, using it to shape the thinking of students — to accept collectivistic beliefs and reject our...
Back before the explosion of the higher ed sector, starting with the Higher Education Act of 1965, most professors had a teaching load of four classes...
About ten years ago, unions were licking their chops at the prospect of swelling their ranks of dues-payers with college athletes. Northwestern...
Many American higher education leaders just want Trump to go away and a friendly Democrat to replace him so they can get back to business as usual —...
That is a question that is being asked over and over these days. In today’s Martin Center article, Duke University student Zev Van Zanten offers his...
One of the most disturbing things in higher education is the way medical education has fallen into the swamp of wokeness. The American Medical...
Even though North Carolina has been a “purple” state for quite a few years, legislators and officials in the UNC system have done remarkably well...
Where is artificial intelligence appropriately used, and where is it not? That’s one of the crucial questions now facing us. In today’s Martin...
Most Americans who have been through college experienced academic life in semesters — courses usually lasting about 16 weeks. But do colleges have...
Democratic politicians always need causes to keep their base riled up. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts has proposed a wealth tax on the...
Decades ago, the left captured the legal profession, turning it into a big part of their agenda for demolishing our traditions of free enterprise,...
For many years, the Martin Center has been arguing that to bring some sanity to federal student lending, the schools that receive the money ought to...
The idea that a classical liberal arts education is beneficial for many students has never lost its appeal, even though fewer and fewer colleges offer...
Since the 1960s and especially after the creation of the Department of Education in 1979, the federal government has played an ever-increasing role in...
The left’s dominance of American higher education has created a disastrous situation: There are very few professors who can train future professors...
Can education and artificial intelligence coexist? One professor who has tried that found that it doesn’t work well. In today’s Martin Center...
Ever since the days of LBJ, the country has gotten more and more involved in the subsidization of postsecondary education. The results have been...
Much of what passes as academic research these days is often just propaganda designed to look like scholarship. In today’s Martin Center article,...
In a badly needed effort at shining light on what professors are doing in their classrooms, some states have adopted a policy that mandates disclosure...
Among the counterattacks against leftist control of higher education has been a movement to create centers of civic education, where students learn...
People put far too much stock in college rankings, both in the U.S. and internationally. The metrics used rarely capture actual quality for students....
Remember all the “bias reporting systems” that colleges created years ago, allowing progressives to harass those on campus who dared to disagree...
One of the strongest moves against leftist domination of our educational institutions was the administration’s forthright statement that the...
In a totalitarian society, the government dominates everything for its continued power. China is such a society, and in today’s Martin Center...