After the 2009 University of Illinois Clout Scandal and the 2011 child abuse scandal at Penn State University, the average reader may wonder why a board member would be jailed or impeached for exercising his duties as a fiduciary.
When we understand the liberal arts as indispensable to freeing us from unconscious thralldom to the unexamined assumptions that form our and every culture, we see that they are not 'going down.'
Rick Perry Vetoes Bill That Would Have Stymied Higher-Ed Reform
Tom Lindsay backs proposal requiring Texas public universities to administer a standardized test.
Greenhouse Gas Challenge May Be Headed to Supreme Court
Tom Lindsay: Grade inflation is real, rampant, and ravaging a university near you. It would be a scandal if more people knew about it.
Thomas Lindsay: A recent survey finds that closing or consolidating low-producing programs is the No. 1 action used by Texas public institutions to reduce costs.
Thomas Lindsay: The fact that we are failing to educate 36 percent of our students should give us pause before we rush to graduation rate-focused outcomes-based funding.
Thomas Lindsay: National studies reveal that American universities falter at civic education.
Thomas Lindsay: We owe it to our regents to let them do their jobs.
Johnny Manziel Scores Again
An important way to increase the success of poor and minority students is for the Legislature to emulate the model codified by Virginia, which establishes simultaneous dual enrollment at community colleges and residential universities.