Just how bad is American higher education today? Consider this observation on today’s college students from Jessica Wilson, a professor of great books and humanities at Pepperdine: “It’s not even an inability to critically think. It’s an inability to read sentences.” She is not alone. Professors at elite colleges report that many incoming students arrive...
From Clipboard to Cloud: Ensuring Patient Privacy and Portability in Health Records Key Points HIPAA protects institutions, not information. Once health data leaves a covered entity for an app, vendor, or broker, federal protection ends, and Texas law leaves that gap open. The interest at stake is not only access to clinical records. It is...
Restoring Confidence and Prestige to the Teaching Profession The epidemic of uncertified teachers in Texas schools is the result of the collapse of the teacher preparation program, especially university programs. These programs have traded a focus on the classroom for social activism. Key points: More than 10% of teachers in Texas schools are now uncertified....