Homeless Tragedy and Farce
“A city with less than a million people spending more than $2 billion per year on ‘mental health’ and still their streets are littered with people desperately in need of Read more…
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13 Constitution Day Events
Across the country, Americans will celebrate the signing of the U.S. Constitution on this day in 1787. Here are 13 unique events to commemorate the 282nd anniversary.
Grant Makers Want to Help People Use Their Voices
Adam Kissel voices his opinion on how philanthropists and foundations can help increase civil engagement and encourage people to use their voices.
7. Resist the Throttling of Religious Colleges
Enemies of faith want hundreds of institutions of higher ed to shut up or shut down.
The Assault on Generosity and Voluntary Action
“Around the turn of the last century, the steel magnate Andrew Carnegie paid to build 1,689 libraries across the United States. Many are still in use, celebrated as monumental works Read more…
Philanthropy Sets the Table for Science Breakthroughs
This spring, humans viewed something for the very first time: a black hole. The Event Horizon Telescope, a collaboration of more than 200 researchers who combined images from eight telescopes Read more…
4. College Should Be More Useful
Education for career success (and life happiness) is what young people want. Too many now say college does little for them on either front.
5. Degree Completion Rates Are a Disgrace
What is your favorite campus doing to make sure students graduate instead of just passing through?
6. Don’t Feed the Dragon
Campuses are currently wracked by political correctness, harassment accusations, “implicit bias” goose chasing, and hate hunting. Avoid fueling the beast.
1. Colleges Are Underproducing
Ask them to stop wasting resources and become more efficient.
3. More College, More Prosperity
Formal education is oversold. More productive forms of learning should be encouraged at least as much.
2. Students Are In Short Supply
Thanks to birth declines, we have too many college seats. Leaders must make hard choices in response.
America the Beautiful Though Imperfect
A U.S. history that offers a more balanced telling of our national origins
The Crucial Importance of Independent Private Giving
As Karl Zinsmeister writes in this issue, “the priceless American innovation of voluntary private giving is now under ferocious, concerted, coordinated attack.” Wealthy givers are maligned in the media for Read more…
Benefactors Beware
Seven hazards donors to higher ed need to avoid
Governor Pritzker Signs Bill Requiring Civic Education In Illinois Middle Schools
New Public-Private Partnership to Support Implementation
Teaching Civics to Young Americans As If It Mattered
Philanthropy has an opportunity today to refurbish an entire civic culture in disrepair
When Faith and Community Erode
Two new books provide fresh looks at life in the back row
Faith-based colleges increasingly under threat
Adam Kissel tells Fox News how secular forces are using the Federal Government to control what these institutes of higher learning are teaching.
Private Givers Can Open Up the Iron Triangle That Stultifies Vets Policy
Our national leaders should start welcoming new participants into policymaking for veterans.