Outside the Beltway

His attacks are, in fact, the best case for tenure.

A too-small step in the right direction.

An interesting argument, albeit about a tiny and vastly over-discussed segment.

Academic freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose.

Another effect of the pandemic.

A party invitation going terribly wrong.

Women are increasingly dominating American higher education.

Mediocre legal education doesn’t pay.

The cost of raising a university’s profile.

Texas and Oklahoma have reopened Pandora’s Box.

Most aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on.

UNC’s loss is the nation’s most prestigious HBCU’s gain.

College athletes are now free to cash in on their fame.

Ron DeSantis and friends are afraid of higher education.

Or, you know, not.

An interesting but uneven debate.

The loaners, the dreamers, and schemes.

Now, we’re just haggling over price.

A silly, sexist WSJ op-ed has generated plenty of attention.

Yet another twist in an ongoing saga.

Is shunning those without college degrees the last acceptable prejudice?

A nation that failed to control the pandemic is going to be without college sports this fall.

Harvard joins a growing list of universities who will not offer in-person classes this year.

My latest at War on the Rocks.

He’s doubling down on hypocrisy.

The update you were probably expecting.

I’ve been out of the classroom for just over a decade now and, apparently, things have changed radically.

While elite schools confer many advantages on their graduates, they also wall them off from normal people and create an entitled, out-of-touch elite.