Friday, December 19, 2025

The University of Austin’s Ideological Overreach: A Critical Look at the “Higher Education” Alternative

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The University of Austin (UATX) markets itself as the cure for the alleged decay of American universities—a “fearless pursuit of truth” ded...

AmericaFest After Charlie Kirk: Conservative Youth Mobilization and the Long Shadow Over U.S. Campuses

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PHOENIX — Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest returned to Phoenix this December as both a spectacle and a reckoning. The annual conference, one ...

The Four Envelopes: A Cautionary Tale for Higher Education

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When a new university president arrives on campus, they inherit more than a title and a set of obligations. They inherit a political ecosyst...
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Thursday, December 18, 2025

Rahm Emanuel at ASU+GSV Summit: Reform Rhetoric and Elite Power Dynamics

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The 2026 ASU+GSV Summit’s announcement of Rahm Emanuel as a featured speaker paints a portrait of a seasoned education leader: expanding P...

NCAA Football Is Dirty… And It Always Has Been

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For more than a century, college football has wrapped itself in pageantry, school colors, marching bands, and the language of amateur virtue...
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Higher Education and Empire: How U.S. Universities Reproduce Global Inequality

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In the public imagination, universities are bastions of knowledge, debate, and progress. Yet beneath the veneer of research and scholarship ...
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Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Violence, Safety, and the Limits of Campus Security: From MIT to Brown and Beyond

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The Monday killing of MIT professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts has shaken the academic community and reinfo...
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Understanding U.S. Campus Safety and Mental Health: Guidance for International Students

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The tragic shooting at Brown University in December 2025, which claimed two lives and left nine students wounded, is a stark reminder that ...
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Pyrrhic Defeat and the Student Loan Portfolio: How a Managed Meltdown Enables Unauthorized Asset Sales

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In classical history, a Pyrrhic victory refers to a win so costly that it undermines the very cause it was meant to advance. Less discussed,...

NACIQI Elects DEI Opponent as Chair Amid Hyper-Deregulation: What Did You Expect?

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WASHINGTON, D.C., December 16, 2025 — In a predictable yet alarming turn, the U.S. Department of Education’s National Advisory Committee on ...

When College Eats a Third of a Household’s Income: The Most Expensive States for Public Higher Education in 2026

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For millions of American families, the cost of attending a public four-year college has quietly crossed a dangerous threshold. In 2026, high...

The Decline of “Happily Ever After”: Teen Girls, Marriage, and Social Inequality

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A profound shift is taking place in the aspirations of American teenagers. In a Pew Research analysis of 2023 University of Michigan survey ...