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» American Council of Alumni and Trustees - Committed to academic excellence and freedom of expression in higher education.

» 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.

» 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.

» Critical Mass - Dedicated to commentary on the state of American academe.

» Discourse on Shamefulness - An essay that argues for the traditional literary canon at the English Department in the University of Houston.

» Foundation Coalition - An NSF-sponsored initiative funding systemic reform in undergraduate engineering education at seven schools.

» 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.

» 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.

» 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.

» Impact of Internet on Higher Education - Report examining major university presidents' perceptions of the impact of Internet on education and pressures that promote and inhibit.

» The Irascible Professor - Irreverent commentary on the state of education in America today, by Dr. Mark H. Shapiro and guest writers.

» The Learning Community Commons - The National Learning Communities Project provides cutting-edge academic learning community work in undergraduate education across the United States.

» 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.

» National Alliance for College Athletics Reform - Dedicated to insuring that big-time college sports do not compromise the educational missions of colleges and universities.

» The Pew Charitable Trusts - Reports from research grantees addressing issues in higher education reform.

» 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.

» 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?

» 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.

» 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.

» 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.

» 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.

» Student Loan Hell - Biblical argument for abolishing the ban on student loan bankruptcy discharge, as well as links to other student loan information sites.

» 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.

» 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.

» 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.

» Vermont Campus Compact - A higher education organization promoting greater institutional commitment to community service, service learning, and local partnerships

» The New 'U' - Forbes.com - Derek Bok, former president of Harvard, discusses the quality of American university education and how it can be significantly improved. (April, 2006)

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