American journalist
“To be rather than to seem” is a great guiding principle for effective public policy. Many policies started with good intentions don’t bring about the desired outcomes. Policymakers guided by…
The Fall 2022 issue of Regulation, published by the Cato Institute, includes a piece from George Leef of the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal. It's a review of…
George Leef of the Martin Center looks into the causes of higher education’s large price tag. The most striking fact about American colleges and universities over the last fifty years…
George Leef of the Martin Center devotes his latest column to meritocracy’s role in American higher education. We take it for granted that people are free to use their abilities…
George Leef of the Martin Center writes about circumstances contributing to today’s student debt problem. No one spoke of college students being trapped in debt until rather recently. Prior to…
George Leef writes for the James G. Martin Center about former Daily Tar Heel editor Andy Thomason’s new book, Discredited: The UNC Scandal and College Athletics’ Amateur Ideal. Here’s an excerpt:…
George Leef of the Martin Center looks back at the athletic and academic scandal that rocked UNC-Chapel Hill. A decade ago, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was…
George Leef of the Martin Center documents the negative role of progressivism within law schools across the country. Law schools in the U.S. used to be run by no-nonsense individuals…
George Leef’s latest Martin Center column argues that college officials should face consequences for violating people’s rights. Here is a recurring situation on American college and university campuses—an official acts…
George Leef of the Martin Center writes about questionable evidence underlying the fight against microaggressions. The need to combat “microaggressions” has recently saturated America. In higher education, business, and government,…
George Leef of the Martin Center ponders a negative impact of American higher education. Colleges and universities used to proclaim that their mission was to give students a broad education…
George Leef of the Martin Center promotes a new book that tackles problems associated with racial preferences. Last year, advocates of racial preferences in California, where they’d been banned since…