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The Wall Street Journal

Who’s Holding Up the Ivory Tower? - Commentary

Who’s Holding Up the Ivory Tower? - Commentary

January 12, 2024

Harvey C. Mansfield, professor of government at Harvard University (MA), writes:  Claudine Gay herself best stated the issue of her brief presidency of Harvard. When her appointment was announced, she declared that “the idea of the Ivory Tower, that is the past, not the future, of academia.” We must be a “part” of society, not outside it. What is the difference she invokes? The Ivory Tower is often used to dismiss academia, and the metaphor is rarely examined for its virtue. 
Harvey C. Mansfield, professor of government at Harvard University (MA), writes:  Claudine Gay herself best stated the issue of her brief presidency of Harvard. When her appointment was announced, she declared that “the idea of the Ivory Tower, that is the past, not the future, of academia.” We must be a “part” of society, not outside it. What is the difference she invokes? The Ivory Tower is often used to dismiss academia, and the metaphor is rarely examined for its virtue. 

January 12, 2024

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The Washington Post

After Harvard and Penn Resignations, Who Wants To Be a College President?

After Harvard and Penn Resignations, Who Wants To Be a College Pres...

January 12, 2024

As chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, on any given day Kevin M. Guskiewicz was reporting to at least a dozen important constituencies on campus. He used to tell people if he could keep 70 percent of the people happy 70 percent of the time, he’d consider it a victory. But with all the challenges our society has been through in the last five years, he said half-jokingly the bar for success might have slipped — 50-50, or 40-40? And his next job could be even harder. 
As chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, on any given day Kevin M. Guskiewicz was reporting to at least a dozen important constituencies on campus. He used to tell people if he could keep 70 percent of the people happy 70 percent of the time, he’d consider it a victory. But with all the challenges our society has been through in the last five years, he said half-jokingly the bar for success might have slipped — 50-50, or 40-40? And his next job could be even harder. 

January 12, 2024

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Politico.com

Colleges Under Siege Over Israel, Hamas and Antisemitism, Look to PR Giants for Help

Colleges Under Siege Over Israel, Hamas and Antisemitism, Look to P...

January 08, 2024

Some of the nation’s top universities are scrambling to hire heavyweight communications firms as their campuses become consumed by cultural and political proxy fights stemming from the Israel-Hamas war.
Among the schools that have turned to firms for help in recent months: New York University, Harvard University, Columbia University, The Cooper Union and the University of California. Those academic institutions sought help from trained PR or communications professionals in navigating student protests, unrest from donors or government inquiries borne from how the schools have handled the conflict in the Middle East, according to six people familiar with the arrangements.
Some of the nation’s top universities are scrambling to hire heavyweight communications firms as their campuses become consumed by cultural and political proxy fights stemming from the Israel-Hamas war.
Among the schools that have turned to firms for help in recent months: New York University, Harvard University, Columbia University, The Cooper Union and the University of California. Those academic institutions sought help from trained PR or communications professionals in navigating student protests, unrest from donors or government inquiries borne from how the schools have handled the conflict in the Middle East, according to six people familiar with the arrangements.

January 08, 2024

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Politico.com

Johnson Strikes His First Bipartisan Deal — A $1.7T Funding Accord

Johnson Strikes His First Bipartisan Deal — A $1.7T Funding Accord

January 08, 2024

Congressional leaders have clinched a deal on overall budget totals that could pave the way for a broader government funding compromise in the coming weeks — further enraging Speaker Mike Johnson’s right flank.
The long-stalled agreement, announced Sunday afternoon, establishes funding limits for the military and domestic programs for the fiscal year that began on Oct. 1, allowing House and Senate appropriators to begin hashing out their differences between a dozen annual spending bills. A partial government shutdown looms 12 days away.
 
Congressional leaders have clinched a deal on overall budget totals that could pave the way for a broader government funding compromise in the coming weeks — further enraging Speaker Mike Johnson’s right flank.
The long-stalled agreement, announced Sunday afternoon, establishes funding limits for the military and domestic programs for the fiscal year that began on Oct. 1, allowing House and Senate appropriators to begin hashing out their differences between a dozen annual spending bills. A partial government shutdown looms 12 days away.
 

January 08, 2024

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Politico.com

Biden Admin Dives into Next Round of Higher Education Regulations

Biden Admin Dives into Next Round of Higher Education Regulations

January 08, 2024

Just a few weeks after wrapping up negotiations over how to structure President Joe Biden’s next mass student debt relief plan, the Education Department is heading back to the virtual rulemaking table this week. The department will convene another committee this week to begin hammering out its next round of higher education regulations. Officials already are putting up for negotiation a wide-ranging policy agenda that’s largely aimed directly at institutions of higher education and the entities — state regulators and accreditors — that are supposed to oversee them. As the next round of rulemaking gets underway, here’s a guide to some of the biggest issues.
Just a few weeks after wrapping up negotiations over how to structure President Joe Biden’s next mass student debt relief plan, the Education Department is heading back to the virtual rulemaking table this week. The department will convene another committee this week to begin hammering out its next round of higher education regulations. Officials already are putting up for negotiation a wide-ranging policy agenda that’s largely aimed directly at institutions of higher education and the entities — state regulators and accreditors — that are supposed to oversee them. As the next round of rulemaking gets underway, here’s a guide to some of the biggest issues.

January 08, 2024

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