In 2012, several Texas public universities developed degree programs costing approximately $10,000 each. These initiatives may well reverberate nationally as the first shots fired in an academic “revolution of rising expectations.””
Higher Education
A New Birth of Excellence: Independent Colleges and the Recovery of Academic Freedom
This week, five independent colleges—Benedictine College, Merrimack College, the University of Mount Saint Vincent, Bellevue University, and Houston Christian University—announced that they have joined as founding members of the National Association for Academic Excellence (NAAE). Their move could be momentous. Spanning New England to Texas and the Great Plains, these institutions are helping to build...
October 20, 2026