Bringing Competition to Higher Education in Texas

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To promote competition among higher education institutions, state lawmakers should reform higher education funding by funding students rather than institutions, and loosen requirements that stifle competition from for-profit universities.

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Safe Schools, Fair Standards

In the latest report from FIRE, President and CEO Greg Lukianoff sketches a dire situation: “[T]he overall state of free speech on campus is grim.” Who is responsible for this bleak reality? Lukianoff blames everyone; college administrators, the government, and students who advocate for “censorship, and limit academic freedom.” Some of the statistics are shocking, yet unsurprising...

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For decades, the American university has been drifting away from its most important purpose: giving students a common education in the knowledge and principles they need to become educated citizens. The core curriculum was supposed to provide that common ground. Instead, it became a collection of distribution requirements—a little History here, a little PoliSci there,...

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