In this article, the author discusses the issue surrounding the blanket rejection of career-school credits by traditional schools. Whether they attend a career college, community college, online college, or brick-and-mortar university, many Americans find that higher education has become a "grab and go" proposition. To them, attending multiple…

John B. Slaughter, the chancellor of the University of Maryland, is interviewed about the impact of Len Bias's death and its long-range impact on college sports, Proposition 48, freshmen ineligibility, and his efforts to press for changes at the NCAA's presidents' commission. (MLW)

The NIE Study Group on the Conditions of Excellence in Higher Education calls on colleges and universities to revitalize liberal education and set higher standards for graduation. This news report notes the realities of student learning, curricular coherence, the quality of facilities, faculty morale, and academic standards that no longer measure…

The text of "Involvement in Learning: Realizing the Potential of American Higher Education," the report of the Study Group on the Conditions of Excellence in American Higher Education is presented. (Author/MLW)

The Secretary of Education recently claimed that the American public is losing faith in colleges and universities because faculty are removing classic works from the curriculum and replacing them with watered-down offerings, drawing criticism from campus administrators. (MSE)

Present and former student athletes, program and institutional administrators, and association representatives encourage reform through higher academic standards, increased student responsibility, better program coordination, increased cooperation between coaches and administrators, better enforcement of rules, and closing the gaps between college…

The Secretary of Education's most recent report on educational quality argues that American schools have not improved enough. Issues addressed include trends in standardized test scores, strengthening curriculum content, assuring equal intellectual opportunity, establishing an ethos of achievement, recruiting and rewarding good teachers and…