When President Obama unveiled the U. S. Department of Education’s new college scorecard, he indicated it would be inclusive, reviewing every school. Well, they missed three—Christendom, Hillsdale and Grove City College. Officials at the Department…
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Chicago Showers Locker Room Policy with Criticism
In one Chicago school, girls are getting a lesson in anatomy their parents never bargained for. In the latest chapter of madness at the Department of Education, the federal government is ordering Township High School…
Dept of Ed Orders Chicago High School to Allow Transgender Student to Use Girls’ Locker Room
This is getting out of hand, isn’t it? The U.S. Department of Education has ordered suburban Chicago’s Township High School District 211 to permit a transgender woman (born male) “full use” of the girls’ locker room ……
American Academia’s War on Due Process
We are still, for the most part, a nation of laws, except on college campuses. At the Heritage Foundation recently, Samantha Harris, director of policy research at the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE),…
The Cost of Common Core
It may not work terribly well but Common Core sure is expensive. “The treatment of textbooks as mountains of words is one of the signature elements of Common Core,” Peter Wood of the National Association…
Obama’s College Scorecard Ignores Conservative, Christian Colleges
Hillsdale and Grove City were not on the scorecard put out by Obama’s Department of Education.
Obama Criticizes Lack of Diverse Views on College Campuses
But does he mean it, or is it just lip service? If he really cared, he could push the Department of Education to ensure actual diversity of opinion is represented on college campuses.
Yale Report on How It Handles Sexual Misconduct Raises More Questions
College Fix with the latest: Yale University continues to shine a light on its peculiar handling of sexual-misconduct allegations, releasing its eighth semi-annual report on the subject earlier this month. The so-called Spangler report was…
GOP Senator says College would be Cheaper if Less Regulated
Lamar Alexander, Tennessee Republican, did have a point: Vanderbilt University spent almost $11,000 per student in compliance costs with Department of Education regulations.
Dept of Ed Rejects Asian-American Admissions Discrimination Complaint against Harvard
Obama’s Department of Education dismissed the complaint against Harvard, which alleges that Harvard discriminates against Asian American applicants in the application process and favors minority candidates with less-impressive applications.