Daniel Luzer

In a much-anticipated decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled yesterday, in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, that public colleges can require official, religiously-affiliated, campus groups to conform to the school’s anti-bias rules. Steve Benen wrote this one up yesterday. As he put it: Many universities feared a ruling in CLS’s favor would mandate subsidies for […]

Early this month the Department of Education chose James Kvaal to succeed Robert Shireman as deputy undersecretary of education. The 36-year-old Kvaal, who got his start in politics as a volunteer in President Clinton’s 1996 reelection campaign, also worked as a senior fellow at the center for American Progress, as policy director on John Edwards’ […]

Apparently America’s historically black colleges need to work to improve their images. According to an article an article by Eric Kelderman in the Chronicle of Higher Education: The nation’s historically black colleges are being challenged from within to overhaul their operations and image as they face outside pressures for more accountability. The urgent calls for […]

If the United States wants to get more low-income students into, and graduated from, college, these students are going to need a lot more aid than the federal government currently provides. According to an article by Rachel Gross in the New York Times: In the current landscape of state budget cuts, financial aid for students […]

In an update to the interesting case of Liberty University’s Ergun Caner, the fundamentalist Christian college’s theological seminary dean, the school has declined to renew Caner’s administrative position. He will remain a professor at the school. According to an article by Ray Reed in the Lynchburg News and Advance: Ergun Caner would no longer be […]

When California State University, Stanislaus announced back in March that former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin would be the keynote speaker at a school fundraiser this summer, many members of the school community were annoyed. It wasn’t just that the Republican was such a divisive figure; she also didn’t really have any connection to the school […]

Oddly, a good way for a town to survive a recession turns out to be having a college around. Not a wealthy college or even a famous or well-known college, just a college, any college. According to an article in USA Today: A USA Today analysis reveals two categories of cities that have weathered the […]

Apparently that power to raise tuition isn’t saving Louisiana’s public universities from the need to cut costs. According to a piece by Andre Moreau at WAFB News: Louisiana State University faces cuts that could “transform public higher education in the state,” LSU System President John Lombardi warned Thursday. In a letter sent to LSU leaders, […]

America’s state universities have funding problems across the country. Because of this tuition is higher and education is even harder to access. This is trouble for American education, writes University of California, Davis chancellor Linda Katehi in the Huffington Post, because: The absence of sufficient state and federal funding will force the public research universities […]

There’s an update to the story of Pennsylvania’s plan to save money by cutting classes at its public universities: the cuts are really deep. According to an article by Matt Coyne in The Bulletin: A program review conducted by the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PSSHE) has recommended many degree programs in the system’s […]