An assembly of leading educational observers will share their insights at the October 27 conference of the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy.
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Anita Hill Accuracy Check
Anita Hill was never asked to join the faculty at Liberty University School of Law as she claimed in her New York Times Op-Ed.
Gays Decry Photo Ban
The upcoming Gay Pride Week at the University of Utah will be without the posters organizers commissioned to advertise events during the weeklong celebration due to a disagreement surrounding the nature of the photographs being used.
Free Trade Truckers
In the midst of concerns about low foreign safety standards among products from developing countries such as China, India, and Mexico, the Bush Administration has decided to implement a year-long pilot program that allows the Mexican trucking industry to permeate the United States.
African-American Enrollment in Law Schools Declines
There is increasing concern about enrollment decline of African-American male students in higher education and specifically Law Schools.
America’s German Envy Misplaced
It might surprise some education policy analysts who look enviously at the German method of education as a model for the United States to learn that at least one Teutonic intellectual admires the American system.
The Media Bell Curve
Few Americans know the distinction between Sunni and Shiites Moslems or Wahabi (extremists) from Saab at a time when religious conflicts abound, Geneive Abdo of The Century Foundation says. Monumental misunderstandings can result when reporters do not analyze the theoretically different aspects of faith.
Money Matters
The numerous problems with the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) have sparked criticism from both liberal and conservative policymakers. Even though increased funding has not translated into educational gains, special interest groups continue to push for increased expenditures.
Promoting Marriage at Harvard?
Karl Zinsmeister, President Bush’s chief domestic policy advisor, gave a speech at Harvard
University on Friday that spoke to the futility of trying to solve the economic gap without first addressing America’s family crisis.
Durham Bull
Everything that is wrong with higher education, and, for that matter, most major media, was on stunning display for the past two years as the district attorney in Durham, North Carolina attempted to prosecute a bogus rape case against three Duke lacrosse players.
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Does Obama Support Extreme Abortion Views? Seems Like It
Chris Smith, congressional Republican and Congressional Pro-life Caucus Co-Chair from New Jersey, released the following statement on Obama’s support of Planned Parenthood.
Canada’s Ryerson University Uncomfortable with White Students Union Posters on their campus
The College Fix reported the following: Ryerson University in Toronto is “reacting quickly” to posters placed around its campus advertising a White Students Union. The group, unaffiliated with Ryerson, is actually dubbed the “Students for…
The Problems with Getting a Graduate School Education
It is a good look at how flawed the graduate school educational (and job) experience is in today’s ever-changing world.
Cal-Berkeley Attempts to Circumvent Ban on Affirmative Action
As Campus Reform reported: Administrators at the University of California at Berkeley believe they have found a loophole in the state’s constitutional ban on affirmative action that will allow them to create an African-American scholarship…
The Truth about the Magna Carta
The details surrounding the Magna Carta are often overlooked, but it remains a revered document. Author David Starkey explained the importance of the Magna Carta while promoting his latest book, Magna Carta: The Medieval Roots…
Pomona College Students Don’t Like Forbes’ No.1 Ranking of Their School
Some students don’t know how to enjoy top status: A cohort of angry students at the small, private liberal arts college in Claremont, Calif., demanded administrators remove from their website a news release touting the…
Remembering a Professor who Put Teaching First
A great tribute to Peter Schramm, who passed away at age 68.
North Carolina’s Chief Diversity Officer Earns 38% More than North Carolina’s Governor
Wait, huh? College Fix with the latest: …the News & Observer’s public employee salary database shows McCrory’s annual salary at $142,265 annually, while Clayton’s salary comes in at $195,700.
Bias Watch: Georgetown University
Occasionally, students actually notice when they are in a biased course. “I felt a certain idealistic giddiness upon enrolling in ‘Prisons & Punishment,’ a government course introduced during my senior year of college,” Danny Funt…
Victory for Free Speech at Dixie State University
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) just won another case for free speech on college campuses, this time against Dixie State University’s censorship of flyers.