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James Ceaser is the Harry F. Byrd Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, director of the Program for Constitutionalism and Democracy, and was a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is the author of several books on American politics and American political thought, including...
Private Effort to Create Courses Draws Praise — and Charges of 'Buying' Curricula
On a humid day in June, a few dozen young historians and political scientists have gathered in a sunlit, high-ceilinged, book-lined seminar room along the University of Virginia's central quadrangle...
The Federal Role In Education
Assistant Secretary James Blew and Eric Hanushek discussed The Federal Role in Education on Capital Conversations.
Stanford to get $30 million for energy institute
Stanford University will get $30 million to establish a new institute on energy efficiency, the university announced today...
Stanford alum promises $30M for energy studies
Stanford University alumnus Jay A. Precourt has promised $30 million to build the Precourt Institute for Energy Efficiency, the university said Thursday...
Stanford alumnus commits $30 million gift to fund energy efficiency institute
Stanford University alumnus Jay A. Precourt has committed $30 million to establish the Precourt Institute for Energy Efficiency at the university...
Has School Accountability Outlived Its Shelf Life?
One of the earliest casualties of the COVID-related school closures was school accountability for academic results, and many education leaders want it to stay that way.
A Teacher of Character
James Q. Wilson was a modest man of outsize achievements—a professor and a lifelong student of human nature. By Harvey C. Mansfield.
The Day Cornell Died
As gun-wielding black students seized control of a campus building in April 1969, Cornell University descended into anarchy. An account thirty years later by Hoover fellow Thomas Sowell, who was teaching at Cornell at the time.
School for $6 a Month
When governments abroad fail to offer decent schools, entrepreneurs rush in. By Chester E. Finn Jr.
All Twitter, No Twain
Americans may be reading online, but that’s not literature. Without the great authors, where are the great thoughts? By Diane Ravitch.
Fear as a Tax
How an overconcern with security can distort the face America shows the world. By Josef Joffe.
The Risks of a "Sputnik moment"
Do we really want the federal government to launch a national curriculum? By Williamson M. Evers.
Teaching The Federalist
What happens when South Korean students take a close look at American democracy. By Peter Berkowitz.
Honor in the Task
How can we shore up the American work ethic? By honoring good work. By Russell Muirhead.
The Naughty Professor
Henrik Bering on Maurice Bowra: A Life by Leslie Mitchell
After Michigan
In June the Supreme Court issued a definitive—if narrow—ruling that permits the consideration of race in university admissions. This may have been bad law—but was it a bad decision? By Robert Zelnick.
The Gender Refs
Federal regulators lock arms with college athletic departments to gut men’s sports in the name of equality
Fraternities on the Rocks
College administrators' political siege on the Greeks
Glimpses of Economic Liberty
Bit by bit, courts are being forced to ponder the laws and licenses that stifle people’s freedom to work. By Clint Bolick.
Vouchers and Test Scores
What the numbers show