I Guess It’s Not Plagiarism
for former Labor Secretary Robert Reich to recycle his old columns, but you’d think the Los Angeles Times would be disturbed to know that the Reich op-ed that it…
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Is Harvard a Charity?
The title of this op-ed in today’s Los Angeles Times suggests that Robert Reich, Bill Clinton’s Secretary of Labor, is criticizing philanthropy directed toward Harvard and other institutions that he calls “culture palaces.” Charity…
Classical Education in the News
Over the years Capital Research Center’s best-selling book has been “Classical Education” by Gene Veith and Andrew Kern. Their book is an overview of the movement to introduce a “Great Books”-style…
John Berthoud, Rest In Peace
At a Capital Research Center reception on June 20, 2007. Left to right: DonorsTrust executive director Whitney Ball, NTU development director Sara Salupo, and John Berthoud. (photo…
A new Blog on Higher Education
Last week was the debut of a new blog from the new Center for College Affordability and Productivity (CCAP). Already it has tackled a number of interesting issues.
More Criticism of Private Giving
The idea that philanthropy is an illegitimate enterprise because it lets private persons rather than government decide who gets the benefits…
Broad Prize in Urban Education
Jennifer Medina reports in the New York Times today that New York City’s public school system is this year’s winner of the annual Broad Prize. The prize, awarded each…
Making Higher Ed Better
A new nonprofit representing the interests of higher education donors, who give $28 billion annually to colleges and universities, has been born. The Indianapolis-based Center for Excellence in Higher Education, headed…
Defining Achievement Downward
Today on the American.com CRC’s Phil Brand and I take a look at how the debate over reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act is shaping up and…
Lawyers Gone Wild
That’s the title of a new five-part series on class action lawsuit abuse appearing in the Examiner, a new Washington, DC newspaper that’s giving the Post and the Times a run…