On Monday morning, one University of Iowa professor had three words to say to those conservative students at her university.
Yearly Archives For 2011
Redistribution of GPAs
A group of College Republicans at the University of California-Merced recently made a video in which they asked fellow students who support redistribution of wealth if they would support redistribution of GPA points.
Students Walk The Line
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.— John W. Whitehead, president of The Rutherford Institute, is warning school officials in the Albemarle County Public Schools against failing to respect the constitutional rights of its students and their parents, particularly in regards to their Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures by government agents.
Teachable Moment at Medill
One of the nation’s premier journalism graduate programs is facing a credibility crisis over one of the programs it showcases on its website.
Moral Equivalency Gone Wild
Two academics writing in The Chronicle Review offer a more clear-eyed assessment of the Muslim Brotherhood than most intellectuals have offered. Unfortunately, they go on to equate it with the Catholic Church.
Business School Slackers
If America is to retain its prestige in the rapidly expanding global economy, our business schools are going to have to get serious.
Christmas at Medill
Academics may be increasingly reluctant to recognize Christmas but they do notice it.
Gandhi Welcomes U
Catholic Boston College’s School of Theology and Ministry welcomes visitors to its campus with a statue of Gandhi. Has the Church run out of saints?
Catholic Schools Invite Heresy
Catholic high school graduates hoping to continue their education in institutions of higher learning affiliated with the Mother Church might be surprised by what they find.
But what a bed
Princeton “spent $136 million on a new 500-bed dorm, or $277,000 per bed, which is more than $70,000 more than the current median home price.”—Andrew Gillen, A Tuition Bubble: Lessons from the Housing Bubble (Center for College Affordability and Productivity)