Traditional liberal arts programs are disappearing from higher education in America. There is compelling evidence that tenured professors at large research universities no longer care about teaching undergraduates to read, write, or think critically and many of the smaller colleges that specialize in delivering a traditional liberal arts education are struggling to survive.
Higher Education
Student-Athletes Are Not Employees
College athletics is approaching a crossroads. After years of rapid, sweeping change in student-athlete compensation practices that have left a patchwork of state regulation in its wake, some in Congress now propose to reclassify collegiate student‑athletes across the country as employees of their universities. While we sympathize with the desire to provide certainty and uniformity to student-athletes and universities, and although we see the need for some revenue-sharing framework, workplace regulation...
May 19, 2026