The movement for curriculum diversity in higher education is both too extreme and arrayed against the wrong target. There is a better way.

William Deresiewicz’s Excellent Sheep is the latest book to bemoan the way higher education is failing to improve its students’ souls. But college is at least as important a means of preparing students for life in our increasingly changeable economy and society.

Wesleyan University is joining a growing movement to allow students to earn a bachelor’s degree in three years instead of four. The tuition savings involved make this a smart decision for students, but why not take this approach even further?

Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam plans to fund tuition-free community college plan in part by reducing scholarships to four-year colleges. Private schools are not happy.

America has a glut of underemployed PhDs and a lot of students who are struggling to find the time and money to go to college. Sounds like a match made in heaven.