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	Re-envisioning the Ph.D. Project - http://www.grad.washington.edu/envision/ 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?
	The Irascible Professor - http://irascibleprofessor.com Irreverent commentary on the state of education in America today, by Dr. Mark H. Shapiro and guest writers.
	The Collegiate Way: Residential Colleges and Higher Education Reform - http://www.collegiateway.org Reforming campus life by dividing large universities into small residential colleges like those at Oxford and Cambridge.
	Foundation for Individual Rights in Education - http://www.thefire.org "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.
	Critical Mass - http://www.erinoconnor.org/ Dedicated to commentary on the state of American academe.

	The Learning Community Commons - http://learningcommons.evergreen.edu The National Learning Communities Project provides cutting-edge academic learning community work in undergraduate education across the United States.
	Pope Center for Higher Education Policy - http://www.popecenter.org/ 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.
	The National Academy for Academic Leadership - http://www.thenationalacademy.org 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.
	American Council of Alumni and Trustees - http://www.goacta.org Committed to academic excellence and freedom of expression in higher education.
	Coalition for Higher Education Act Reform - http://www.raiseyourvoice.com/ Recommends revision of the U.S. Higher Education Act which denies or delays financial aid to students with drug offenses.

	Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship - http://www.safs.ca/ 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.
	The Pew Charitable Trusts - http://www.pewtrusts.com/ideas/index.cfm?issue=22 Reports from research grantees addressing issues in higher education reform.
	Vermont Campus Compact - http://community.middlebury.edu/~vcc/ A higher education organization promoting greater institutional commitment to community service, service learning, and local partnerships
	Tuition-free MIT - http://philip.greenspun.com/school/tuition-free-mit.html 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.
	The Shadow University: The Betrayal of Liberty of America's Campuses - http://www.shadowuniv.com 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.

	Critical Mass - http://www.erinoconnor.org/index.rdf Dedicated to commentary on the state of American academe.
	Higher Education Act: Reauthorization Status and Issues - http://www.policyalmanac.org/education/archive/crs_higher_education.shtml A review of U.S. federal education policy, including the Higher Education Act, Pell Grants, student loans, teacher training, and distance education.
	Rutgers After Lawrence: Reforming a Once-Great University - http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~wcd/oharalet.htm Faculty essay on the reforms needed at Rutgers University to strengthen academics and reduce the destructive impact of Division I athletics.
	Discourse on Shamefulness - http://www.abortionessay.com/essay/files/Shamefulness/ An essay that argues for the traditional literary canon at the English Department in the University of Houston.
	A Student's-Eye View of Education's Fall and Decline - http://edutrue.tripod.com/b-files/decline.html 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.

	The New 'U' - Forbes.com - http://www.forbes.com/2006/04/15/derek-bok-university_cx_db_06slate_0418bok.html Derek Bok, former president of Harvard, discusses the quality of American university education and how it can be significantly improved.
	Student Diversity Program at Cal State Fullerton - http://www.fullerton.edu/studentdiversity/ 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.

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