Group Wants More Love For Ronald Reagan, Schools Turn To Foreign Students

No Love For Reagan? Conservative youth group Young America’s Foundation loves late President Ronald Reagan and is upset that some college professors don’t feel the same way. The group released a survey of 284 college professors, who were questioned about their “love” for Reagan. Though 60 percent of professors said that they viewed Reagan’s presidency as “mostly a success,” none of them ranked him as the greatest president in American history, angering the youth group. In comparison, a recent survey stated that 19 percent of Americans felt Reagan was the greatest president. Due to this discrepancy, group members say they feel that college professors hold a bias against Reagan. [Huffington Post]

University of China—Washington? In order to make up for cuts in funding from state governments, many universities have turned to China to make up the loss of revenue. Schools such as the University of Washington have are increasingly recruiting foreign students (often Chinese applicants) instead of focusing on in-state students; such students pay more in tuition that in-staters. While school administrators say they recognize this trend has a direct impact on in-state students, the financial benefits of foreign students has proved too hard for some to pass up. [New York Times]

Best Value Schools. Students at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and the University of Virginia, among several other institutions, are receiving one of the top value educations among all public schools, according to a new report. The Princeton Review released its list of the “Best Value” public schools, revealing which public institutions are giving students the most bang for their buck. As recent discussions have highlighted both college affordability and the quality of higher education, schools on this list find themselves in an even better position than before. [Huffington Post]

Free MIT Education? Professors from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently announced the creation of an open source education program at the prestigious school. Known as MITx, the program will provide free and open access to online course content that, with completion, can lead to participants receiving a certificate from the school. In an interview with The Chronicle of Higher Education, two of the professors behind the idea—L. Rafael Reif, the school’s provost, and Anant Agarwal, director of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory— said they’re not concerned about any negative impact the new model could have on traditional colleges. “If it does [become a threat], then the residential model has to get better,” Reif said. [Chronicle of Higher Education]

Kellan Schmidt is a journalism intern with Campus Progress.

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