Faculty Lounge

The opposition party in Congress is concerned with the top choice of the majority party to head the fairly independent congressional research arm, the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Their qualms are not unfounded.

2010 graduates majoring in the liberal arts got more bad job market news last week with the release of the Spring 2010 Salary Survey results.

A teacher’s union in New Jersey included a controversial prayer in its recent memo opposing recently-elected Governor Chris Christie’s (R) proposed budget.

Recently a Canadian teachers’ union defended firebrand Ann Coulter’s right to free expression in light of a letter sent by University of Ottawa Provost Francois Houle.

It’s probably a natural for the two institutions in which bias is most marked and documented—the media and academia—to come together in a time of stress, namely, the loss of support engendered by exposure of the above malady. This may happen here in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood in our nation’s capital at George Washington University.

Recently we reported that the health care bill made funding available for abstinence education. Well, apparently, the feds are looking for something more “comprehensive” to bankroll.

Campuses from across the country are going to get one more chance to show how unaware they are of the corruption of the so-called science surrounding the theory of global warming.

The class of 2014—and other young adults—could face an additional financial burden upon leaving college due to provisions within Obamacare, reports Carla K. Johnson for the Associated Press on March 30.

The next time that you hear public school poobahs use this line, which usually precedes a property tax hike, think of this: “San Diego school officials have upset pro-life advocates by adopting a new policy making it so teenagers no longer need parental consent for a host of activities, including abortion,” Life News reports.

When so-called public intellectuals leave the lecture hall to comment on the world outside their podium, they display a disconnect to the world the rest of us live in. A trio of these sages shared their advice for the president with Julie Mason of The Washington Examiner.

The 2008 elections are over, but former Weather Underground member Bill Ayers is not likely to be out of the limelight anytime soon.

That citadel of diversity in Durham, N. C., does not want to carry tolerance too far.