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Can it be that economics has its reputation as the dismal science because of the way it is taught? Economist Peter G. Klein, in his appreciation of the founder of the Austrian School of Economics—Carl Menger— indicates that may be the case.

Like many other ills that afflict society, it now appears that the so-called “achievement gap” between white and black students is also a byproduct of secular progressive policies.

Institutions of higher learning, designed to be the most temperate pillars of society, produce some of America’s most intemperate and unsubstantiated rhetoric; and the two Granddaddies of grandiloquence have to be Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn.

Harrisburg, Pa.—Every now and then, someone from the multiculturalism industry admits that the battle for campus market share has been won and all that is left is to divide up the spoils.

Harrisburg, Pa.—A presentation here by Native American academics provided a demonstration of both the promise and pitfalls of multiculturalism.

Harrisburg, Pa.—Multiculturalists are continuously astounded that when they make racial “diversity” their holy grail, they rarely come anywhere close to achieving it.

Yet another widely held perception in academia is the idea that somehow universities contribute to economic growth although the exact cause and effect is hard to pin down.

Of all the myths that the higher education establishment has perpetuated, perhaps none is more pervasive, or contributes as much to the preservation of the status quo, as the notion that the blame for tuition hikes lay somewhere other than the central offices of universities

Educrats are trying to make compulsory education even more mandatory in the tar heel state.

Do college students need rehab as well as remediation?

The move to bring Bible Studies back to public schools has not come a moment too soon.

A new study features a novel twist on an ongoing controversy; A head-to-head comparison of black Americans and black immigrants indicates that while affirmative action may not do much good for people of color, a private education does.