The Chronicle of Higher Education recently conducted a survey of professors who have taught Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), and found that 79 felt that MOOCs “are worth the hype.” The

(From the Pope Center web site):

TEXAS STANDOFF

An Old West-style conflict in Texas pits the higher education and political establishments against the reform movement

By Jay Schalin

21 April 2013

(Transcript of testimony by the Texas Public Policy Foundation before the Higher Education committee of the Texas House):

To: Rep. Dan Branch, Chair, House Higher Education Committee

From: Thomas K. Lindsay, Ph.D.,

(From National Review, print edition, April 22, 2013, Issue)

HIGHER EDUCATION REVALUED
Texas considers a proposal to reverse grade inflation

"The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is." – Sir Winston Churchill

"What is done in the dark will be brought to the light." - Johnny Cash

One of the more annoying tropes of the left is that while it may be all right for profit-oriented businesses to function in many markets – I have yet to hear anyone demand that dry cleaning, for example, be done by non-profit entities – they shouldn’t be in “helping” fields like healthcare and e

If this is how reauthorization of the Higher Education Act is going to go, Congress shouldn’t even bother.

(From Real Clear Policy)

University-Asssisted Suicide

By Thomas K. Lindsay