universities
Faculty Campaign Contributions Reveal a Homogeneous Academic Marketplace of Ideas
In new research for the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, David M. Primo uses campaign contribution data to show that professors at leading universities are more politically active than the average American and skew heavily to the left politically, raising concerns about the diversity of perspectives on college campuses.   Â
Event Notes: Academic Bias Under the Microscope
That scholarship often reflects conscious and unconscious biases has long been an open secret in academia. On April 22, Professors Christian Leuz, Anat Admati,...
Charting a Path Forward for College Athletes to Receive Pay
How should colleges pay their student-athletes? A likely model lies with another group of university students, who like near-pro athletes receive tuition waivers, health...
How Should We Finance Higher Education If Not Through Student Debt? A New Capitalisn’t Episode
In a new episode of Capitalisn’t, Luigi Zingales and Bethany McLean take a look at the student debt crisis: How did we get here?...
Any Press is Good Press? Study Finds Federal Investigations of University Responses to Sexual Misconduct Cases May Help Enrollments
Despite concerns among administrators that news coverage of campus sexual assault will harm universities’ reputations and bottom lines, a study finds an increase in applications...
