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Embracing Our Demographic Future: The True Test for Higher Education
The message from governors during the National Governors Association meeting this week is abundantly clear: any additional budget cuts at...
Ode to a Bureaucrat
Governors' state of the state addresses inevitably feature soaring rhetoric, tough talk, and bold promises. Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels's recent...
Pushing and Pulling Higher Ed to Common Core Standards
Last week we observed the prevalence of the term “innovation” in political speech and what it will take to make...
Innovation as a Way of Life
Dallas may have been the center of the sports world on Sunday during the Super Bowl. But Texas aims to...
From Heresy to Possibility
From an early age we drill into children’s heads that they need to work hard to go to college so...
Tuition Hike-oholism Hits Bottom?
“After decades of funding our eleven campuses on the basis of past appropriations and past expenditures, we have lost track...
"Old" Habits Meet a "New" Normal
Despite a slight rise in state revenues, the 2011 budget cycle is likely to be the most difficult yet of...
Extreme Jobs: Governors' Edition
This month, we’re meeting the largest class of new governors in history. Twenty-nine will be inaugurated this month. As extreme...