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

Critical Mass
- Dedicated to commentary on the state of American academe.
- http://www.erinoconnor.org/

Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship
- 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.
- http://www.safs.ca/

Higher Education Act: Reauthorization Status and Issues
- A review of U.S. federal education policy, including the Higher Education Act, Pell Grants, student loans, teacher training, and distance education.
- http://www.policyalmanac.org/education/archive/crs_higher_education.shtml

Rutgers After Lawrence: Reforming a Once-Great University
- Faculty essay on the reforms needed at Rutgers University to strengthen academics and reduce the destructive impact of Division I athletics.
- http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~wcd/oharalet.htm

University of Illinois College of Medicine Expose
- A brief expose by a former medical student of the practices which occurred at the largest medical school in the Midwest in the 1990s.
- http://ourworld.cs.com/palexa39757/myhomepage/business.html

The National Academy for Academic Leadership
- 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.
- http://www.thenationalacademy.org

The Irascible Professor
- Irreverent commentary on the state of education in America today, by Dr. Mark H. Shapiro and guest writers.
- http://irascibleprofessor.com

Discourse on Shamefulness
- An essay that argues for the traditional literary canon at the English Department in the University of Houston.
- http://www.abortionessay.com/essay/files/Shamefulness/

Re-envisioning the Ph.D. Project
- 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?
- http://www.grad.washington.edu/envision/

The Learning Community Commons
- The National Learning Communities Project provides cutting-edge academic learning community work in undergraduate education across the United States.
- http://learningcommons.evergreen.edu

Student Diversity Program at Cal State Fullerton
- 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.
- http://www.fullerton.edu/studentdiversity/

The Pew Charitable Trusts
- Reports from research grantees addressing issues in higher education reform.
- http://www.pewtrusts.com/ideas/index.cfm?issue=22

The Futures Project
- Analysis of the role market forces play in higher education with the goal of developing and implementing thoughtful, market-oriented policy options.
- http://www.futuresproject.org

Coalition for Higher Education Act Reform
- Recommends revision of the U.S. Higher Education Act which denies or delays financial aid to students with drug offenses.
- http://www.raiseyourvoice.com/

Tuition-free MIT
- 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.
- http://philip.greenspun.com/school/tuition-free-mit.html

American Council of Alumni and Trustees
- Committed to academic excellence and freedom of expression in higher education.
- http://www.goacta.org

Pope Center for Higher Education Policy
- 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.
- http://www.popecenter.org/

The Collegiate Way: Residential Colleges and Higher Education Reform
- Reforming campus life by dividing large universities into small residential colleges like those at Oxford and Cambridge.
- http://www.collegiateway.org

The Shadow University: The Betrayal of Liberty of America's Campuses
- 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.
- http://www.shadowuniv.com

Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
- "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.
- http://www.thefire.org/index.php3

Vermont Campus Compact
- A higher education organization promoting greater institutional commitment to community service, service learning, and local partnerships
- http://www.middlebury.edu/~vcc/