Scientific genius Albert Einstein posited a theory, other than the scientific ones he is known for, that has withstood the test of time: Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
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Academics Protesting Too Much
If professors spent as much time entertaining information from the other side as they spend denouncing charges that the academy is biased, there would be no academic bias.
Academic, Pay Thyself
When one sees an institution hemorrhaging cash, one wonders why said entity cannot curb spending.
Look what comes last
“In higher education the social values of social cohesion and progress, social welfare and service, the institutional values of economy and efficiency and the academic values of knowledge, truth, and increase in intellectual capital are…
City On Hill Deconstructed
It’s a safe bet that if Americans ever find that “shining city on a hill,” it won’t be in a college town.
Bipartisan Brush-Off
“In neither political party are realists, libertarians and Christians particularly welcome.”—UPenn historian Walter McDougall at the Cato Institute, February 7, 2013.
College Students Get Stung By ObamaCare
College students will soon wake up to the fact that they have been had.
Follow The Boys
“A few decades ago, when we realized that girls languished behind boys in math and science, we mounted a concerted effort to give them more support, with significant success. Shouldn’t we do the same for…
Juicing the Generation Gap
On traditional versus “alternative” marriage, several decades of proselytizing, aided and abetted by the mass media and popular culture, have borne fruit.
Why We Must Defend Our Founding Documents
Last Sunday, a law professor from Georgetown University, Louis Michael Seidman, went on CBS TV and said we should give up on the Constitution.
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Evergreen State Seeks to Rebuild Image, is Hiring a Marketing and Brand Coordinator
Campus protests shook and stunned Evergreen State College, and the backlash against the protests may have led the college to look to hire a marketing and brand fellow to rebuild its public image.
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View Crew Baffled Over Texas Campus Carry Law
Our intern in Texas offers a rebuttal to The View on the campus carry law there.
SMU Restores Original Location of 9/11 Flag Display
Southern Methodist University changed its decision and now will allow a 9/11 flag display in a prominent part of campus.
Missouri State Students Petition for Day Off to Watch Solar Eclipse
A day off to see the solar eclipse? That’s an idea that spurred some students at Missouri State to ask for a day off from classes.
Battle of the Beltway: Intern Edition
Interns from the Cato Institute represent the libertarian perspective while interns from the Heritage Foundation represent the conservative perspective.
NC State could have Housing for Only ‘Women of Color’
The fight for desegregation is appearing to reverse on college campuses, with one proposal at North Carolina State University of creating housing only for “women of color.”
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Elementary and Middle School could be Full of Microaggressions, Professors Warn
Micro aggressions could be running amok in grades K-8, warned college professors.
Social Justice Book List
The University of Phoenix College of Education has compiled a Social Justice Book List, and you can probably guess what’s on it.
Lawrence University vs. Free Thought
When Students for Free Thought, a group at Lawrence University, attempted to screen the documentary Can We Take a Joke? on their campus late in the Spring, they discovered that their classmates were not a particularly light-hearted , free thinking bunch.
Ex-Mizzou Official Possibly Linked to Embezzlement Investigation
A former Mizzou official could be under investigation for embezzlement, the Missouri Times reported.