by P.D. Lesko President Obama came to Ann Arbor to tell the country that federal aid to colleges should be tied to tuition costs. Federal aid to…
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by Hans A. Von Spakovsky The only place for discrimination in a law school is as a lesson in the classroom — where professors teach young legal…
by Henry A. Giroux In both the United States and many other countries, students are protesting against rising tuition fees, the increasing financial burdens they are forced…
by John D’Angelo Here’s what stupid uneducated people imagine that college literature professors do: teach. Here is what college literature professors actually do: write obscure papers that…
by P.D. Lesko After successful October 13th Student Solidarity Protests around the country, Occupy Colleges plans nationwide Teach-ins at colleges and universities. For two days beginning November 2,…
By Jesse Singal Many American college students aren’t learning anything. That’s the distressing claim of Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses, a new book by sociologists…
by Richard Vedder As a professor who has spent over 90 percent of my half-century career in higher education at public universities, it was for decades…
by Daniel deVise For the first time, more women than men in the United States received doctoral degrees last year, the culmination of decades of change in…
by Kevin Carey College is the most complicated expensive purchase most people ever make. Houses are relatively easy—you can walk through ahead of time and hire an…
[private] by Tim Clement The Web cam imbroglio involving the Lower Merion School District has rightfully raised issues of privacy. But there’s an education-related point to be…
