See also:

• Reference: Education: Colleges and Universities  (28,654)
• Society: Issues: Education  (554)

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American Council of Alumni and Trustees - Committed to academic excellence and freedom of expression in higher education. Coalition for Higher Education Act Reform - Recommends revision of the U.S. Higher Education Act which denies or delays financial aid to students with drug offenses. The Collegiate Way: Residential Colleges and Higher Education Reform - Reforming campus life by dividing large universities into small residential colleges like those at Oxford and Cambridge. Discourse on Shamefulness - An essay that argues for the traditional literary canon at the English Department in the University of Houston. FAST: Foundation for Academic Standards & Tradition - Organization of college, university, and high school students devoted to high academic standards and humanistic study of the liberal arts in the Western tradition. Foundation Coalition - An NSF-sponsored initiative funding systemic reform in undergraduate engineering education at seven schools. Foundation for Individual Rights in Education - "FIRE is a nonprofit educational foundation devoted to free speech, individual liberty, religious freedom, the rights of conscience, legal equality, due process, and academic freedom" in American universities. The Futures Project - Analysis of the role market forces play in higher education with the goal of developing and implementing thoughtful, market-oriented policy options. Higher Education Reform site of The Pew Charitable Trusts - Research, information, and case studies from multiple grantees of The Pew Charitable Trusts working on higher education reform issues. Impact of Internet on Higher Education - Report examining major university presidents’ perceptions of the impact of Internet on education & pressures that promote & inhibit. The Irascible Professor - Irreverent commentary on the state of education in America today, by Dr. Mark H. Shapiro and guest writers. The Learning Community Commons - The National Learning Communities Project provides cutting-edge academic learning community work in undergraduate education across the United States. Margit Stange Support Committee - Academic gender bias lawsuit news with background on gender disparaties in US universities and equity issues in higher education. The National Academy for Academic Leadership - The academy educates academic decision makers to be leaders institutional change that improves student learning. Administrators and faculty will develop the knowledge and skills to effect systemic institutional change. National Alliance for College Athletics Reform - Dedicated to insuring that big-time college sports do not compromise the educational missions of colleges and universities. The Pew Charitable Trusts - Reports from research grantees addressing issues in higher education reform. Pope Center for Higher Education Policy - Conservative public policy organization publishing white papers and other reports on how to improve higher education. Global in interest, but having a special emphasis on North Carolina. Re-envisioning the Ph.D. Project - Dedicated to fostering national/international discussion and initiatives that address the question: How can we re-envision the Ph.D. to meet the societal needs of the 21st Century? The Shadow University: The Betrayal of Liberty of America's Campuses - How university administrators, particularly in campus student affairs divisions, have abridged the civil liberties of students and faculty members, and what can be done to redress the problem. Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship - Goals, activities, newsletter, membership info, and articles on current issues from SAFS, which seeks to uphold academic freedom and high standards against political correctness at universities in Canada. Student Diversity Program at Cal State Fullerton - The SDP is designed to address the retention of "At Risk" students. Using unconventional methods of intervention, SDP has demonstrated over 90% success at California State University, Fullerton. A Student's-Eye View of Education's Fall and Decline - Explores why a more innovative and progressive approach to education is held back by an institutional mindset that is threatened by, and even hostile to, revolutionary changes. Tuition-free MIT - A radical proposal arguing that schools such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which have many ties to wealthy corporations, should not charge their students tuition. University Secrets: An Indictment of Higher Education - University Secrets is the full text of a book describing higher education's failure to educate students and its exploitive transfers of funds. It criticizes grades, SATs, tracking, and housing policies. Vermont Campus Compact - A higher education organization promoting greater institutional commitment to community service, service learning, and local partnerships Vietnam Veterans for Academic Reform - Calling for reform in higher education against speech codes, political correctness, multiculturalism, gender feminism, misinformation about the Vietnam War, and other instruments of academic oppression. Willimon Report on Student Life - In this follow-up to Willimon & Naylor's important book The Abandoned Generation, Willimon describes the continuing poverty of campus life and recommends further improvements.

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