higher education

Rob Port February 25, 2013 9

Over the weekend the North Dakota Student Association, claiming to represent the state's 48,000 or so college students but really...

Rob Port February 24, 2013 16

This week marks the "two minute warning" before the end of the first half of play in the 63rd Legislative...

Rob Port February 24, 2013 6

In my last column I accuse newspapers and faculties of protecting their self interests when it comes to reform of...

Rob Port February 23, 2013 39

Adding to the clamor for removing controversial North Dakota University System Chancellor Hamid Shirvani, today, was a vote of no...

Rob Port February 23, 2013 5

One of the biggest mistakes we've made as a nation is assuming that subsidizing tuition - be it through low-interest,...

Rob Port February 22, 2013 5

I agree with Rob that there is a better governance model for higher education in North Dakota. However, I don’t...

Rob Port February 21, 2013 11

"The college degree is becoming the new high school diploma," writes Catherine Rampell in the New York Times, "the new...

Rob Port February 19, 2013 16

Here's a shining example of the state of free speech in higher education today: GRAND FORKS - The University of...

Rob Port February 19, 2013 11

Yesterday the North Dakota state Senate considered, and approved, three appointments to the State Board of Higher Education by Governor...

Rob Port February 18, 2013 4

As I age I have more time to reflect on my time in the legislature. Time also has yielded new...