In stark contrast to political science and economics lecturers in classrooms around the country, U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao spoke at the Heritage Foundation on June 26th, delivering a message of uncommon good cheer concerning the status and direction of “America’s Dynamic Workforce.”
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A Gothic Treasure
Russell Kirk’s political theories proved essential to the modern conservative movement in America.
College for dummies?
What, if anything, can schools do to increase the likelihood that weak and disengaged students will find the path to academic success?
Racial Division Workshop
American immigrants of various races who want to fight for immigrant rights must collectively identify themselves under a “person of color” status, according to the publisher of ColorLines magazine, a publication covering race and politics in America.
Race-Baiting Progressives
The problem of poverty in America is not due to a problem of labor but is rather is the direct result of racial disparity, according to Professor Peter Edelman.
BUFFALO CITY COUNCIL REGROUPS
Last week, the Buffalo City Council passed a resolution criticizing the decision by the Diocese of Buffalo to close some schools and churches.
Sex Miseducation
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has released a report on how a number of “comprehensive” sexual education (CSE) programs being promoted to our youth are heavy on sex and light on education.
School Board Evolution Stalemate
The liberally minded National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) is carefully reviewing its election procedures after a nominee’s withdrawal left them with only one candidate for the office of president-elect: a supporter of adding intelligent design to the curriculum in Kansas schools.
Mediapolitik Primer
Lee Edwards of the Heritage Foundation has pieced together insightful theories and national case studies to support a forecast of global politics as affected by the mass media.
Politicized Economics
When economists become politically active, they risk betraying their chosen academic field even as they promote their favorite political causes.
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American University Law Professor Not a Fan of Conservative SCOTUS Justices
Campus Reform reported: In a recent op-ed for The Xenia Gazette, Jamie Raskin, a professor of Constitutional Law at American University and Maryland State Senator who is currently running for U.S. Congress, notes that four…
Matching Poor Students to College
Education researchers, college administrators and professors at the American Enterprise Institute expressed concern that more poor kids aren’t going to college. Yet and still, they might be luring people to college who might be better…
Professor who Claimed Racial Profiling is Arrested, Ticketed for Making a False Statement
As Campus Reform noted, the professor lied about being pulled over and now justice has run its course: Minati Roychoudhuri, a professor of English at Capital Community College in Hartford, Connecticut, was ticketed in Wethersfield…
UNC Chapel Hill Orientation Skits Cast Whites as Villains
Specifically, straight white males are the villains. There are other observations from one student’s perspective af the state of North Carolina’s flagship university.
Study: Both Parties’ Presidents Increase Regulations While in Office
Both political parties like to reinforce the image of Democrats embracing government regulations while Republicans fight them but a new study from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University shows that, as George Gershwin might…
Title IX Administrators say to Give Accusers an Advocate, Maybe Help the Accused
Sounds one-sided to me. Give rape accusers an advocate in cases on campus, and possibly give the accused students some help if you want: The Association of Title IX Administrators has a new “position statement”…
University of Oregon paid $800,000 and Full Tuition, Housing to Settle Sexual Assault Case
The College Fix reported: The University of Oregon is paying an alleged victim of sexual assault $800,000 and four years of paid tuition and housing in a settlement to resolve a lawsuit against the school.
Krugman and the New York Times Spinning Obama’s Legacy
Editor’s Note: Perhaps Princeton’s most famous economist, Paul Krugman, still in denial. In the view of The New York Times and other beacons of the liberal media, President Barack Obama’s policies are a resounding success…
University of Texas Panel Recommends Relocation of Confederate Statues or Add Explanations
A university task force made several recommendations, one of which was to add explanations to the statues to give context. Another is to relocate the statues, which previously failed back in 2010.
Vanderbilt University Football Apologizes for Tweet
It is a tweet. A TWEET. People are outraged over everything, but let’s take into account the context (via College Fix): Vanderbilt University apologized Thursday for a tweet meant to motivate its football team, ABC reports. The tweet…