The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents received widespread attention when it voted in February 2024 to close its Qatar campus. Many viewed it as a decisive stand against foreign influence and national security risks. But in reality, the “closure” is far less conclusive than advertised. While the Texas A&M name and standalone branding...
An Economic Assessment of the 765-kV Strategic Transmission Expansion Plan And Alternative Approaches to Enable Cost-Effective Growth WRITTEN BY Brent Bennett, Ph.D. Download the full research paper here. KEY POINTS • The need for the 765-kV STEP is driven by an overbuilding of wind and solar across Texas, particularly in West Texas and South Texas,...
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...