I was dismayed by the sparse reaction to the loss of this woman who lived a great American life.
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Parents Like Private Schools
The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice recently published an analysis entitled, “More Than Scores: An Analysis of Why and How Parents Choose Private Schools.”
Education Savings Saves Students
Education savings accounts, or ESA’s, are like scholarships, where 90% of what the state would pay per student would be given to parents in a bank account-like program.
Agency Capture Benefits Wall Street?
The Center for American Progress recently held a panel discussion on the topic of executive agency overreach, which several panelists called “regulatory capture.”
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Chronicling Higher Education’s Disarray
A look at the latest education news seems to show that academia’s left hand doesn’t know what its far left hand is doing.
Tale Of 2 Universities
While it may be logical to view the “research university” as a hijacking of higher education, universities could, nonetheless, learn a thing or two from their research wing.
Life After Tenure
One of the few tenured professors to get laid off found that there is life after academia, and a more productive one at that.
Are Academics Culturally Taxed?
Evidently, academics finally found a tax they don’t like.
Central Planning & U
As the U. S. lurches towards a planned economy, it might be interesting to look at the experiences of countries which have already adopted this approach.
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Remembering the Phillips Curve
It turns out that the man famous for concocting “the Phillips Curve” that a generation of economics students had to memorize didn’t believe in it himself.
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Hate Crime Hoax @ Air Force Academy
Here we go again with another hate crime hoax in academia, only this time it’s at the Air Force Academy.
Professor: There is ‘Toxic Masculine Capitalism’ in Disney Film ‘Beauty and the Beast’
According to a college professor in Florida, the Disney film classic “Beauty and the Beast” contains “toxic masculine capitalism.”
Adjunct Professor Protest Low Wages, Complain of ‘Tenuresplaining’
Adjunct professors at Cerritos College are unhappy with their low wages and being perceived as inferior by tenured college faculty, known as ‘tenuresplaining.’
Springsteen’s Theologies @ Da U
Well, what do you know? The Jesuit university I went to is actually doing something religious.
Professors: Offensive Monuments Cause ‘Psychological Harm’ for Minority Students
Three professors claimed that minority students suffer “psychological harm” due to offensive memorials and monuments, such as the Confederate statues.
Stab a ‘Trumpkin’ Display Removed at Providence College
At the multicultural office of Providence College, someone had put up a display to stab a “Trumpkin.” The office removed the display after the College Republicans issued a complaint, with the university recognizing it was not…
Governor Walker Outlaws BDS in Wisconsin
In a move sure to annoy the academic left already hostile to him, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed an executive order effectively outlawing BDS in the state.
Gun Control Duel Over Chicago
Those who would debate gun control, inside and outside academe, face a special problem when explaining what Chicago exemplifies.
UW-Madison Poll: Conservatives Feel Free
In a break of stories of conservative students nationwide whose freedoms have been restricted, we found one place where they at least feel free.
Due to Religious Exemption, Notre Dame’s Health Plan Won’t Offer Birth Control
The University of Notre Dame is no longer offering birth control as a part of their university health plan, claiming a Trump administration religious exemption under Obamacare.