Drew DixonApril 30, 2024
4min0
'This new recognition underscores UF’s commitment to being both elite and practical.'
Tag: University of North Carolina
Drew DixonApril 30, 2024
Associated PressJune 29, 2023
Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action in college admissions and says race cannot be a factor
2min0
John Roberts wrote universities can no longer treat race as a 'touchstone' of personal identity.
Jacob OglesMarch 2, 2021
9min1950
If a viewpoint diversity survey passes in the Senate, he may find out.
Gary FineoutMay 9, 2017
3min291
Nearly a decade after the Great Recession, Florida may finally restore one of its main programs that aids students headed to college. The state Legislature late Monday approved an overhaul of the state’s higher education system that is intended to lift schools in the Sunshine State into the ranks of elite counterparts. A key part […]
Martin DyckmanNovember 11, 20147min184
The business of big-time college sports is a uniquely American nonsense. Nowhere else are universities expected to entertain the public in such a fashion. There are problems. A school could solve them, the humorist Max Shulman once wrote, by hiring the Green Bay Packers as “artists in residence.” They wouldn’t have to pretend to be […]
Guest AuthorJanuary 26, 2014
5min163
“At the University of Wisconsin a significant number of high profile former athletes have seen their lives descend in a spiral of poverty, drugs, and repeated police contacts. After making millions for the athletic department, the coaches and athletic directors, they have become dispensable commodities. Unskilled, uneducated and unwanted. I am not saying that these […]