Here is a telling line from the press release: According to the USC FY 2014 Financial Report, the USC student enrollment has grown substantially since 2010, with an increase of about 1,200 additional freshmen per…
Topic: Accuracy in Academia
Poll: New Yorkers don’t like Common Core
The results are telling: “By a 40-21 percent margin, voters say Common Core standards have worsened, not improved, public education, with another 21 percent saying they have had little impact,” Greenberg said. “Looking forward, a…
Wesleyan President Stands by Student Paper after Black Lives Matter Column
Yet his comments are a bit confusing, but he does still stand by the student paper, Argus, after it published a column on Black Lives Matter.
Trick or Treat: Schools Hoard Endowment Money
Most colleges and universities are quick to push for expanded student aid from taxpayers but forget that age-old maxim: charity begins at home. “Last year, Yale paid about $480 million to private equity fund managers…
Common Core Failure in Massachusetts
Common Core State Standards is a big failure, as Massachusetts is seeing right now.
Intentional Grounding of Coach’s Rights
Joe Kennedy is a veteran of two wars — but now he’s fighting a new enemy: political correctness. The Bremerton football coach didn’t spend 20 years defending freedom only to have his stolen, but that’s…
Study: 1 Professor from the Top 50 Liberal Arts Colleges donated to a GOP Candidate
Out of 47 total professors, only 1 donated to a GOP candidate. Groupthink?
Professor in Trouble after Not Pushing Expensive Textbook in His Course
Not believing in pushing expensive college textbooks to college students has a price, apparently.
College Republicans Get Clever in Mocking Hillary Clinton
As the College Fix reported: This summer, as Clinton visited Los Angeles for a fundraising stop, College Republicans from across Southern California converged outside the Democratic headquarters on Wilshire Boulevard to protest Clinton’s hypocrisy, participants told The…
Health Care Rationing, from a Professor’s Perspective
It’s really dangerous, for patients anyway, when policy wonks decide what type of health care is necessary. “In popular understanding, rising health-care spending is often viewed as an inevitable consequence of advances in medical technology,…