Teachers playing hooky appear to be a more widespread problem than students doing so ever were. “With the scandal over the School District of Philadelphia’s (SDP) backlog of payouts to retirees for unused sick days…
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Syracuse University Socialists Go To Socialist Convention
Maybe they’d be better off at the beach.
Innocent Until Proven Guilty? Not in Academia
When outspoken conservative Paul Gottfried gave a lecture at Hamilton College, he was literally outspoken.
Why Get Bachelor’s When Jobs Go Begging?
It is a sign of an awakening economy when jobs go begging. It is also an indication of the futility of higher education today.
“Me Too#” Goes To Harvard
And other liberal institutions.
Award-winning Teachers Confront Betsy DeVos
Although the encounter was far more civil than most college meet-ups.
Reed College Student Activists Want Even More Changes in Humanities 101 Course
Student activists at Reed College, after gaining concessions from the college administration on a humanities 101 course curriculum, are now demanding more changes.
Unmasking Whiteness Conference Sold Out!
You’ll have to learn about guilt and shame somewhere else.
University Teacher Training Still Obsolete
Economist Walter Williams has called education schools the ghettos of universities and, like some neighborhoods that might be described that way, they resist improvement even when their deterioration is obvious to everyone outside their borders.
No More Homecoming ‘King’ or ‘Queen’ at Penn State
Penn State University, in the name of ‘gender inclusivity,’ will no longer use ‘homecoming king’ or ‘homecoming queen’ as a part of their festivities.