Forty years ago, U.S. colleges employed more faculty than administrators. But today, teachers make up less than half of college employees, and students and taxpayers must bear the cost of administrative bloat.
Higher Education
The Dallas Morning News’s Bizarre Defense of Low Academic Standards
A recent Dallas Morning News editorial board article desperately wants Texas to pump the brakes on the Classic Learning Test (CLT). Why? It’s worried about politics creeping into college admissions and about the CLT’s thinner track record compared with the SAT and ACT. But let’s be honest: the politics and the diluted standards arrived a...
August 6, 2026