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Re-envisioning the Ph.D. Project - http://www.grad.washington.edu/envision/
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? |
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Foundation for Individual Rights in Education - http://www.thefire.org/index.php3
"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. |
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The Irascible Professor - http://irascibleprofessor.com
Irreverent commentary on the state of education in America today, by Dr. Mark H. Shapiro and guest writers. |
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The Collegiate Way: Residential Colleges and Higher Education Reform - http://www.collegiateway.org
Reforming campus life by dividing large universities into small residential colleges like those at Oxford and Cambridge. |
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Critical Mass - http://www.erinoconnor.org/
Dedicated to commentary on the state of American academe. |
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The Learning Community Commons - http://learningcommons.evergreen.edu
The National Learning Communities Project provides cutting-edge academic learning community work in undergraduate education across the United States. |
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The National Academy for Academic Leadership - http://www.thenationalacademy.org
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. |
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The Futures Project - http://www.futuresproject.org
Analysis of the role market forces play in higher education with the goal of developing and implementing thoughtful, market-oriented policy options. |
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Vermont Campus Compact - http://www.middlebury.edu/~vcc/
A higher education organization promoting greater institutional commitment to community service, service learning, and local partnerships |
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American Council of Alumni and Trustees - http://www.goacta.org
Committed to academic excellence and freedom of expression in higher education. |
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Foundation Coalition - http://www.foundationcoalition.org/
An NSF-sponsored initiative funding systemic reform in undergraduate engineering education at seven schools. |
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Coalition for Higher Education Act Reform - http://www.raiseyourvoice.com/
Recommends revision of the U.S. Higher Education Act which denies or delays financial aid to students with drug offenses. |
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The Pew Charitable Trusts - http://www.pewtrusts.com/ideas/index.cfm?issue=22
Reports from research grantees addressing issues in higher education reform. |
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Pope Center for Higher Education Policy - http://www.popecenter.org/
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. |
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Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship - http://www.safs.ca/
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. |
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Tuition-free MIT - http://philip.greenspun.com/school/tuition-free-mit.html
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. |
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The Shadow University: The Betrayal of Liberty of America's Campuses - http://www.shadowuniv.com
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. |
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Critical Mass - http://www.erinoconnor.org/index.rdf
Dedicated to commentary on the state of American academe. |
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National Alliance for College Athletics Reform - http://members.aol.com/NAFCAR/
Dedicated to insuring that big-time college sports do not compromise the educational missions of colleges and universities. |
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University of Illinois College of Medicine Expose - http://ourworld.cs.com/palexa39757/myhomepage/business.html
A brief expose by a former medical student of the practices which occurred at the largest medical school in the Midwest in the 1990s. |
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Higher Education Act: Reauthorization Status and Issues - http://www.policyalmanac.org/education/archive/crs_higher_education.shtml
A review of U.S. federal education policy, including the Higher Education Act, Pell Grants, student loans, teacher training, and distance education. |
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Discourse on Shamefulness - http://www.abortionessay.com/essay/files/Shamefulness/
An essay that argues for the traditional literary canon at the English Department in the University of Houston. |
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The New 'U' - Forbes.com - http://www.forbes.com/2006/04/15/derek-bok-university_cx_db_06slate_0418bok.html
Derek Bok, former president of Harvard, discusses the quality of American university education and how it can be significantly improved. |
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Student Loan Hell - http://geocities.com/studentloanhell/
Biblical argument for abolishing the ban on student loan bankruptcy discharge, as well as links to other student loan information sites. |
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Impact of Internet on Higher Education - http://members.aol.com/rebryn/
Report examining major university presidents' perceptions of the impact of Internet on education and pressures that promote and inhibit. |