Faculty Lounge

One of the better lectures at the 2011 Annual Convention of the Modern Language Association (MLA).

Washington insiders who hoped that the repeal of the ban on homosexuals serving in the military would encourage colleges to allow ROTC back on their campuses are very likely to see their hopes dashed yet again.

A team of academics just discovered what political pros have known for years: Negative advertising works.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims of the massacre in Arizona last weekend and their families.

A new move by the Obama Administration may actually move education reform further than No Child Left Behind ever did.

Nobody can miss the point like a well-paid, federally subsidized scholar.

The top ten academic fiascoes are those theories that actually were tried outside the Ivory Tower. Within it, they are still wildly successful.

A new report contains a sobering reality for would-be education reformers: Bad schools usually don’t get better.

George Washington University is going the extra mile to make its students comfortable.

When something gets a bad rap from elites, it’s probably worth a second look.

Gender Studies may never have had a clear mission but it is still susceptible to mission creep.

A Northeastern governor is considering education spending cuts and this time it is not New Jersey’s Chris Christie.