Scholars, education leaders, and rankings experts will explore the history and practical implications of university performance assessment at this conference.

Steven F. Hayward, author of "The Age of Reagan: The Conservative Counter-Revolution, 1980-1989," answers questions on the policies and life of Ronald Reagan.

Requirements to test new drugs against older medicines would add a major hurdle to the development and approval of new medicines. Equally important, the proposed mandates are unnecessary.

Green and Hayward respond to the chilling effect of the global warming consensus.

A growing worldwide effort to stifle anyone with doubts about the proposed causes of global warming is proving to be very troubling.