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While researchers at King Juan Carlos University in Spain found in 2009 that the Spanish “green jobs” program killed over two jobs for each one it created, Politico notes that “the White House can’t point to much solid evidence” that green jobs are being created.

Those Catholic colleges and universities that sought their independence from the Mother Church back in the 1960s may want to seek its protective custody now.

Those who would herd millions of Americans into college never wonder if they might be better off somewhere else. Perhaps they should.

One Catholic college made the U. S. News & World Report lists of “most popular” among applicants and “most loved” by alumni and it is none of the ones the media like to cover—those institutions that could be called Catholic in Name Only (CINO).

A study by the Center for College Affordability and Productivity shows that the State of Texas could save millions of dollars if instructors in the University of Texas system taught more students in larger classes.

With the assistance of The Rutherford Institute, the mother of two students in the public schools has filed a complaint with the United States Department of Education over a Massachusetts school district’s practice of requiring students to complete surveys asking overtly intimate and sexually suggestive questions without their parents’ knowledge or written consent.

Academic economists find that they can make whatever prognostications they like since they don’t have to live with the results.

“We like legislation with broad expectations in which the curriculum is left to faculty to develop.” –

Paula Compton, Associate Vice Chancellor, Ohio Board of Regents at the Center for American Progress. Ohio has “50 faculty panels which write learning outcomes the university is trying to achieve.”

Take Peter Edelman of the Georgetown Law Center who the D. C. bar describes as a “legend.”

States that respect individual autonomy are more successful than those which do not, according to Drs. William Ruger and Jason Sorens, affiliated with the libertarian Mercatus Center think tank at George Mason University.

Many presidents have, on occasion, done weird things—only one president of the 44 is Weird.

A troubled cabinet appointee finds two places he can go for solace—The Washington Post and George Washington University.