Jane Shaw over at the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy is having second thoughts about her annual alumni gift to her alma mater.
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Cassting Out Liberty
At a recent CATO book discussion, one of the think-tank’s scholars condemned Harvard Professor Cass Sunstein, President Obama’s “regulatory czar,” for coauthoring what he calls an argument against individual rights.
Bah Humbug, Mate!
While the war on Christmas often means eliminating Christian references from this jolly season, some scholars want Santa to get a makeover as well.
Rendezvous With Density
Will health care reform lead to the rationing of medical care? M. Stanton Evans, author and journalist, argued that it certainly will in a recent Accuracy in Media Take AIM radio show.
Just Say No Smoking
On Monday the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) gave us some good and bad news.
Tracking for Success
At a recent American Enterprise Institute (AEI) conference on “Increasing Accountability in American Higher Education,” panelists argued that the key to increased postsecondary accountability lies with better tracking-systems for student learning outcomes and increasing use of standardized tests.
Mission: PreK
Last month a prestigious line-up of retired admirals and generals emphasized the importance of early childhood education to the America’s continued national security.
Social Media Facilitates Iran Student Protests
AJC: On Monday, December 7th—Iran’s national Student Day—thousands of students at Universities across Iran commemorated the 1953 murder of three student protestors of monarch Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
Wholesale National Health Care
Law school professors used to teach their students that hard cases make bad law. Now, budding barristers learn how to make bad law.
Evangelical Left in Denial
Dr. James Wanliss, Associate Professor of Physics at Presbyterian College, has written The Green Dragon, a book about how environmentalism is actually committed to “the reconstruction of a pagan world order” and “rejection of Christian spirituality.”