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The Chronicle for Higher Education found that “new Ph.D.’s who graduate with debt are shouldering heavier burdens than ever before.”

The Washington Express highlighted the growing presence of massive open online courses (known as MOOCs) in the Washington, D.C.-area.

A pair of University of Maryland economists actually found themselves channeling supply side-icon Jack Kemp although they might be loathe to admit it.

The professor rationalized that today’s economy makes it essential to extend these benefits as employment is unstable.

Talk about going against the grain: A pair of political scientists from Bradley University actually found that Sarah Palin helped John McCain in the 2008 presidential election.

Special needs students are often ignored in national education policy discussions, but are an important part of the American education system.

“Right-sizing the Classroom: Making the Most of Great Teachers.”

Today, 27 states and the District of Columbia require annual, yearly teacher evaluations when only 15 states had that requirement in 2009.

Currently academics debate whether they should be “sages on the stage” or “guides on the side.” It never occurs to them that they might not be very good in either role.

One thing that Accuracy in Academia has in common with its big sister organization, Accuracy in Media, is that, upon investigation of various claims made in our respective bailiwicks—just about everything we’ve been told by elites is wrong.

This past Tuesday, Mrs. Obama told a group of sophomores at a local Washington, D.C. high school that they could follow her own path of graduating from high school and attending a top university.

A casual read through Columbia University’s catalogue will give a fairly clear idea of the esteem America is held in on that Ivy League campus, which is to say, not very much.