Existing incentive structures within universities tend to encourage research over teaching. Further, the way the Legislature funds universities provides incentives for universities to simply enroll students rather than making sure these students actually graduate.
Higher Education
Yale Finally Says the Quiet Part Out Loud
Yale’s Committee on “Trust in Higher Education” just released what higher-education reformers have to view as a remarkable document. It addresses the ongoing erosion of public trust in America’s universities. In doing so, it owns up to the self-censorship, extreme faculty political homogeneity, grade hyperinflation, administrative bloat, and the opaqueness of “holistic” admissions. For an...
April 30, 2026