It’s official. We are a nation of illiterates, with college degrees, the U. S. Commission on the fuutre of higher education found at their recent meeting, but looked everywhere but at colleges and universities themselves to find the reason, much like most boards of trustees.
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China Deconstructed
Although it may not get much attention in Asian Studies courses, China exported the cruise missile that Hezbollah used to attack an Israeli ship, one of the components that set off the Israel/Lebanon conflict, the U.S. China Commission found.
U-Wisconsin Ignores Law
In recent weeks, the University of Wisconsin-Superior has denied recognition of the school’s InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison has derecognized the Knights of Columbus.
Elementary and Postsecondary Campus Report
In brief: Unions’ blocking school reform, high school dropouts and Indian boarding school issues.
Whatever became of the SDS?
Students for a Democratic Society are back, after a 37 year absence.
Good News, Bad News
The federal workforce is graying at a very fast rate—nearly half will be eligible to retire in five years, and there is not sufficient interest or knowledge from top talent…
Wag the Scholar
What should a university do about professors with conspiracy theories?
Cold War History Restored
What college student knows that the Soviet Union murdered twenty million people and the Chinese murdered fifty million?
Sun Devils Sued for Discrimination
Arizona State University is now the latest university to be sued by the Alliance Defense Fund on behalf of a student club.
Advise and Consent
SUNY Fredonia’s Professor Kershnar is proof that the war for freedom within the academy is not always student vs. school.