Directory > Society > Issues > Education > Education Reform > Higher Education Reform Higher Education Act: Reauthorization Status and Issues A review of U.S. federal education policy, including the Higher Education Act, Pell Grants, student loans, teacher training, and distance education. http://www.policyalmanac.org/education/archive/crs_higher_education.shtml Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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UEdge Providing case study analysis and informed opinions about higher education policy and works to assist students and the general public to understand key issues that affect them. http://www.uedge.org Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Student Loan Hell Biblical argument for abolishing the ban on student loan bankruptcy discharge, as well as links to other student loan information sites. http://geocities.com/studentloanhell Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Rutgers After Lawrence: Reforming a Once-Great University Faculty essay on the reforms needed at Rutgers University to strengthen academics and reduce the destructive impact of Division I athletics. http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~wcd/oharalet.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Foundation Coalition An NSF-sponsored initiative funding systemic reform in undergraduate engineering education at seven schools. http://fc1.tamu.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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University of Illinois College of Medicine Expose A brief expose by a former medical student of the practices which occurred at the largest medical school in the Midwest in the 1990s. http://ourworld.cs.com/palexa39757/myhomepage/business.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Vietnam Veterans for Academic Reform Calling for reform in higher education against speech codes, political correctness, multiculturalism, gender feminism, misinformation about the Vietnam War, and other instruments of academic oppression. http://vvar.homestead.com/main.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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The National Academy for Academic Leadership 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. http://www.thenationalacademy.org Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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The Irascible Professor Irreverent commentary on the state of education in America today, by Dr. Mark H. Shapiro and guest writers. http://irascibleprofessor.com Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Discourse on Shamefulness An essay that argues for the traditional literary canon at the English Department in the University of Houston. http://www.abortionessay.com/essay/files/Shamefulness/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Re-envisioning the Ph.D. Project 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? http://www.grad.washington.edu/envision/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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The Learning Community Commons The National Learning Communities Project provides cutting-edge academic learning community work in undergraduate education across the United States. http://learningcommons.evergreen.edu Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Student Diversity Program at Cal State Fullerton The SDP is designed to address the retention of "At Risk" students. Using unconventional methods of intervention, SDP has demonstrated over 90% success at California State University, Fullerton. http://www.fullerton.edu/studentdiversity/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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The Pew Charitable Trusts Reports from research grantees addressing issues in higher education reform. http://www.pewtrusts.com/ideas/index.cfm?issue=22 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Impact of Internet on Higher Education Report examining major university presidents' perceptions of the impact of Internet on education & pressures that promote & inhibit. http://members.aol.com/rebryn/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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A Student's-Eye View of Education's Fall and Decline Explores why a more innovative and progressive approach to education is held back by an institutional mindset that is threatened by, and even hostile to, revolutionary changes. http://edutrue.tripod.com/b-files/decline.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship 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. http://www.niagara.com/~safs/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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The Futures Project Analysis of the role market forces play in higher education with the goal of developing and implementing thoughtful, market-oriented policy options. http://www.futuresproject.org Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Coalition for Higher Education Act Reform Recommends revision of the U.S. Higher Education Act which denies or delays financial aid to students with drug offenses. http://www.raiseyourvoice.com/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tuition-free MIT 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. http://philip.greenspun.com/school/tuition-free-mit.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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National Alliance for College Athletics Reform Dedicated to insuring that big-time college sports do not compromise the educational missions of colleges and universities. http://members.aol.com/NAFCAR/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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American Council of Alumni and Trustees Committed to academic excellence and freedom of expression in higher education. http://www.goacta.org Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Pope Center for Higher Education Policy 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. http://www.popecenter.org/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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The Collegiate Way: Residential Colleges and Higher Education Reform Reforming campus life by dividing large universities into small residential colleges like those at Oxford and Cambridge. http://collegiateway.org Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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University Secrets: An Indictment of Higher Education University Secrets is the full text of a book describing higher education's failure to educate students and its exploitive transfers of funds. It criticizes grades, SATs, tracking, and housing policies. http://universitysecrets.com/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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The Shadow University: The Betrayal of Liberty of America's Campuses 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. http://www.shadowuniv.com Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Foundation for Individual Rights in Education "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. http://www.thefire.org/index.php3 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Vermont Campus Compact A higher education organization promoting greater institutional commitment to community service, service learning, and local partnerships http://www.middlebury.edu/~vcc/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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