The Trump administration’s overreaching demands of Harvard are merely a symptom of excessive federal involvement in universities.

By: Frederick M. Hess – nationalreview.com – March 27, 2025 It’s time for colleges to recommit to teaching and learning. After decades of campus decay propelled by politicization, bureaucratization, and bloat, there’s finally cause for cautious optimism. Legislators are dismantling DEI (that infamous trio of diversity, equity, and inclusion) programs. Governors are appointing tough-minded trustees. The Trump administration has hit the...

Governor battles for students to have access to the Bible and Ten Commandments

Experts are taking swipes at higher ed for “failing to deliver on its implicit promise,” as millions of Gen Zers are locked out of the workforce.

How did I, my parents, grandparents and ancestors going back to the founding of the nation manage to get a decent education before the federal Department of Education (DOE) was created by Jimmy Carter and a Democratic Congress?

By: James Lynch – nationalreview.com – March 20, 2025 The long-expected executive order will likely face significant legal challenges. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday shuttering the Department of Education, fulfilling a long-standing conservative wish to do away with the agency. Trump’s order directs Education Secretary Linda McMahon to take the “necessary steps” to close the $268 billion...

If an investment yields stagnant or negative returns despite increased funding, the rational thing to do is back off. This logic rarely applies in government, but we’re in a unique moment.

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – March 14, 2025 Good riddance as Trump moves to dismantle it. But what then? The layoffs are being handled in the blunderbuss way typical of Mr. Trump and the Elon Musk efficiency operation. Education Secretary Linda McMahon told the Senate during her confirmation hearings that her department was set up by Congress and...

Yesterday, First Liberty Institute and the law firms Gibson Dunn and Spencer Fane filed a friend-of-the-court brief at the U.S. Supreme Court with Gibson Dunn representing First Liberty and First Liberty representing Ryan Walters, the Oklahoma Department of Education, and the Oklahoma Board of Education. The brief challenges the exclusion of religious schools from the state’s charter school program, thus...

Propaganda and conspiracy theories are often troubling and all too common. They also present serious challenges to critical thinking.