American Experiment Update: Center events, initiatives, and policy work. Staff updates Peter Nelson, senior policy fellow at Center of the American Experiment, has been named by Pres. Donald Trump to…
Free speech comes with a price on college campuses — for now.
The drastic cuts in degree programs and faculty members recently finalized by St. Cloud State University officials put the school in a class of its own when it comes to…
Now that the dust has settled from the 2024 legislative session, it’s time to unpack several noteworthy provisions pertaining to K-12 education. Health academic standards State academic health standards will…
No one can say administrators at St. Cloud State University didn’t warn them. Long before SCSU President Robbyn Wacker recently left her post two months early, she froze registration in…
The outlook was bleak for the Republicans arriving at St. Cloud State University in November 1975 for their state party convention. The DFL governor, Wendell Anderson, had been elected five…
“Investment” is an almost totally devalued term nowadays, at least in political discourse. For politicians, every single penny of spending is an “investment” because saying you “invested” several million or…
The confidence of Americans in the value of a traditional four-year college degree continues to erode, with a recent Wall Street Journal poll finding 56 percent of respondents don’t think…
Dramatic declines in college admissions led the 2020 Minnesota Legislature to set a goal. The state looked to increase the number of financial aid applications (FAFSA) filed by high school…
It’s no secret that Minnesota has struggled to help many students become literate — a failure that many of us sounded the alarm on years ago. Both Republican legislators and…
As of last spring, 49 percent of Minnesota students statewide weren’t proficient in reading, according to the state’s Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment (MCA). On national assessments, the average reading scores for…
How Minn State’s radical new plan sacrifices academic excellence for racial and ethnic priorities.
Equal outcomes by decree are now the top priority at our state’s largest higher ed system. The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system — our state’s largest higher education system,…
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The discussion thus far over a shortage of applicants to be police officers has largely revolved around the vastly understaffed Minneapolis and St Paul police departments and other metro area…
There’s no writing off the decline in enrollment at many Minnesota colleges as a fluke any longer. What started as trickle in high school graduates skipping out on going to…
“If you build it, they will come.” This might be sound advice when it comes to supernatural baseball fields, but it is bad advice for government transit. Fox 9 reports:…
Inside the obsession with 'White Privilege' that is roiling Edina's public schools.
Public employee unions hide behind bureaucratic minutiae to prevent dissatisfied 'members' from leaving.
Public employee unions hide behind bureaucratic minutiae to prevent dissatisfied "members" from leaving.
After filing an amicus brief at the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of a St. Cloud University faculty member, Kathy Uradnik, the Center filed an amicus brief in support of…
Professor Kathy Uradnik, from St. Cloud University, has bravely taken a stand to demand her First Amendment rights by asking the U.S. Supreme Court to end unfair laws that force…
Media Contact: Kim Crockett, Vice President and General Counsel [email protected] Direct: 612.584.4563 Mobile: 612.388.2820 Center of the American Experiment filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Uradnik…
[Photo Source: Big Lake Schools] “Signing Day” has taken on a whole new meaning at Big Lake High School in Big Lake, Minnesota. Under the leadership of Principal Bob Dockendorf,…