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Explores why a more innovative and progressive approach to education is held back by an institutional mindset that is threatened by, and even hostile to, revolutionary changes.
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Committed to academic excellence and freedom of expression in higher education.
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Recommends revision of the U.S. Higher Education Act which denies or delays financial aid to students with drug offenses.
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Dedicated to commentary on the state of American academe.
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An essay that argues for the traditional literary canon at the English Department in the University of Houston.
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"FIRE is a nonprofit educational foundation devoted to free speech, individual liberty, religious freedom, the rights of conscience, legal equality, due process, and academic freedom" in American universities.
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A review of U.S. federal education policy, including the Higher Education Act, Pell Grants, student loans, teacher training, and distance education.
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Report examining major university presidents' perceptions of the impact of Internet on education and pressures that promote and inhibit.
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Considers NCAA sports to be exploitative and corrupt, and seeks aggressive reforms to re-emphasize academics to student athletes.
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Conservative public policy organization publishing white papers and other reports on how to improve higher education. Global in interest, but having a special emphasis on North Carolina.
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Dedicated to fostering national/international discussion and initiatives that address the question: How can we re-envision the Ph.D. to meet the societal needs of the 21st Century?
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Faculty essay on the reforms needed at Rutgers University to strengthen academics and reduce the destructive impact of Division I athletics.
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Goals, activities, newsletter, membership info, and articles on current issues from SAFS, which seeks to uphold academic freedom and high standards against political correctness at universities in Canada.
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The SDP is designed to address the retention of "At Risk" students. Using unconventional methods of intervention, SDP has demonstrated over 90% success at California State University, Fullerton.
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Biblical argument for abolishing the ban on student loan bankruptcy discharge, as well as links to other student loan information sites.
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Reforming campus life by dividing large universities into small residential colleges like those at Oxford and Cambridge.
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Analysis of the role market forces play in higher education with the goal of developing and implementing thoughtful, market-oriented policy options.
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Irreverent commentary on the state of education in America today, by Dr. Mark H. Shapiro and guest writers.
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The National Learning Communities Project provides cutting-edge academic learning community work in undergraduate education across the United States.
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The academy educates academic decision makers to be leaders institutional change that improves student learning. Administrators and faculty will develop the knowledge and skills to effect systemic institutional change.
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Derek Bok, former president of Harvard, discusses the quality of American university education and how it can be significantly improved.
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Reports from research grantees addressing issues in higher education reform.
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How university administrators, particularly in campus student affairs divisions, have abridged the civil liberties of students and faculty members, and what can be done to redress the problem.
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A radical proposal arguing that schools such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which have many ties to wealthy corporations, should not charge their students tuition.
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A brief expose by a former medical student of the practices which occurred at the largest medical school in the Midwest in the 1990s.
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A higher education organization promoting greater institutional commitment to community service, service learning, and local partnerships
