News Too Big to Fail? Spencer Irvine April 30, 2014 At the Heritage Foundation, professors Charles Calomiris and Mark Flannery provided insights on the ramifications of the U.S. government’s bank…
Guest Articles College Radiates Intolerance Tony Perkins April 29, 2014 Radiation therapy can be dangerous to patients — and sometimes, to students. Brandon Jenkins found that out the hard way…
News Decoding Common Core Math Malcolm A. Kline April 25, 2014 If the Common Core education reforms introduced by President Obama and supported by big-name Republicans were subject to peer review,…
News Jobs for Humanities Majors? Malcolm A. Kline As commencement approaches, this year’s graduating seniors can look forward to pep talks about how employable humanities majors are. “Upon…
News Trustee Who Verifies Malcolm A. Kline We have long held that trustees don’t do nearly enough to act as a reality check on the universities they…
News Trio Fights Michigan Union Malcolm A. Kline April 24, 2014 A trio of Michigan public school teachers is actually fighting with their union. “The Mackinac Center Legal Foundation brought a…
News Media + Academic Bias Malcolm A. Kline The real test of the bias in academia revolves around who gets admitted to the faculty lounge. “MSNBC television host,…
News Educators Fear Paper Military Malcolm A. Kline April 21, 2014 With literacy rates among high school graduates ever more of a mystery, educators are worried about…defense spending on education. Never…
Perspectives Sillier Than Women’s Studies Malcolm A. Kline April 17, 2014 For decades we have devoted ample space to the deconstruction of women’s studies only to find that there is something…
News Journalism No Longer the Worst Job In America—Barely Don Irvine Journalism, which was ranked as the worst job in America last year, inched up a notch to finish at number 199, just ahead of lumberjack.
News High Road to Serfdom Malcolm A. Kline April 15, 2014 The startling thing about the books academics typically dismiss as relics of the past is the uncanny manner in which they anticipate the present.
News Liberals Want Good Teachers Spencer Irvine A hot-button issue among educators appears to be “equitable access” to effective teachers, a buzzword at a recent event at the Center for American Progress (CAP).