When you pay dearly for a room at a luxury hotel or a meal at a five-star restaurant, the price tag may sting but at least you can see, feel, taste, touch and smell what you are getting. The same is not the case in higher education.
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Gender Bias
Long after former Harvard University president Larry Summers tracked the subject, a debate continues in academia over whether women avoid the sciences out of choice or necessity.
State Department Sanctifies Sudan
The United States State Department asked Congress not to enact proposed legislation imposing new US sanctions on Sudan.
Refugee or Terrorist?
Some human rights advocacy groups, such as the radical Human Rights First—a civil rights organization which filed amicus briefs on behalf of alleged dirty bomb builder, Jose Padilla—view the ‘broadly written’ provisions of the Patriot and REAL ID acts as discriminatory toward refugees, who can now be more easily refused access to the United States.
School District Sued For Unconstitutional Community Service Policy
Long Beach, CA – Liberty Counsel filed suit against the Long Beach Unified School District on behalf of a 15-year-old high school student, Chris Rand, because the district refused to grant credit for over 80 hours of community service, solely because it was performed at a church.
Seeking Affirmative Action Success
A New York University law professor who has analyzed Supreme Court quota cases, like many proponents of affirmative action, is hard put to give an estimate of something diversity offices make a goal of—the increase in enrollment in college of minority students using racial preferences.
Not For Members Only
Although educators and education officials frequently proclaim themselves to be staunch defenders of free speech, all too often, teachers’ unions, aided and abetted by school district officials can pose a danger to individual freedom.
Still Made In America
There are the “Jeremiahs,” the prophets of doom, who assert that the manufacturing industry in the United States of America is declining, but panelists Bill Lane, Lloyd Wood, Robert Scott, and Dan Ikenson arued at the Cato Institute on Tuesday, September 25, 2007, that the manufacturing industry is, indeed, “thriving,” as “the revenues, profits, profit rates, return on investments , and exports and imports are all on the rise.”
New Maritime Strategy
A two-day conference entitled, “A New Maritime Strategy” at The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center on September 26, 2007, organized by The Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, hosted a multiplicity of panelists, many in uniform, who spoke about several crucial issues, ranging from rationale for a new maritime strategy to the need for developing critical skills for naval personnel to meet 21st century challenges.
Field of Education Dreams
Public shool officials in North Carolina are following the “if you build it, students will learn something” model of education reform and winding up with…pretty buildings.
Recent Articles
Black Professor Directed Racial Slurs at Colin Powell, Ben Carson
So much for tolerance for opposing viewpoints.
Maryland College Student Can’t Start a Conservative Club since There isn’t a Non-Conservative Club
The College Fix has the latest on this: Moriah DeMartino’s uphill climb was covered by Campus Reform last month and the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education this week. The Maryland school’s justification goes…
New Deal with a Stacked Deck
A high school teacher who has worked in Oregon and Manhattan is determined to pass on his history of the Great Depression. “By the end of Roosevelt’s first two terms in office, nonagricultural private-sector workers…
Professor who Defended Free Speech at Marquette Could be Fired Soon
John McAdams, Marquette professor, could be fired as soon as today, all for expressing academic freedom of speech.
University of California Regents Criticize Proposal for Ignoring Anti-Semitism
As the College Fix reported: The regents of the University of California system on Thursday roundly criticized a proposed “Statement of Principles Against Intolerance” brought before them for ignoring the many acts of anti-Semitism on…
Obama’s College Scorecard Ignores Conservative, Christian Colleges
Hillsdale and Grove City were not on the scorecard put out by Obama’s Department of Education.
Vandals Rearrange 9/11 Flag Display at Brandeis
Not a classy move, at all. The memorial was co-sponsored by conservatives and Democrat clubs on the college campus and it should not have been disturbed.
Common Core Disses Bilingual Education
The bad reviews of Common Core keep pouring in, and not just from the right of center. “Among bilingual educators there has been much debate about the Common Core State Standards (CCSS),” Jeff Bale writes…
Mike Lee’s Floor Speech on Planned Parenthood and the Truth about Abortion
Check out his speech on the Senate floor. Part One: Part Two:
Another College in Trouble for Promoting the Work of a Fake Native American
This time, it’s Dartmouth, a member of the prestigious Ivy League.