The latest annual ballet of college spending is playing out as regularly as The Nutcracker does at Christmastime.
Monthly Archives For November 2010
Inside the First Thanksgiving
Do you know what the Pilgrims were thanking God for at the first Thanksgiving celebration in Plymouth? If you go to Wikipedia you will not find the answer.
Dropping Out & In
College recruiters are seeking out an unlikely batch of recruits—high school dropouts.
THE GUT COURSE RULES
For students who whine and moan about the stress from their course overload, there are some ways to lighten up.
Winning the Education Lottery
In New York, a public school system that once was the envy of the world has become an international laughingstock. The laugh track is not likely to die out anytime soon.
Veteran’s Day: A Personal Reflection
My life changed forever on March 28, 1945.
A Veterans Day Memory
Sometimes we pause to ponder the meaning of these commemorative days; often we do not.
Tenured Turnout
“Turnout among low-income voters was down while Democratic support among the affluent seems confined to those on public-sector and university payrolls,” veteran political analyst Michael Barone
Kinsey Confidential
Although primary source information on legendary sex researcher Alfred C. Kinsey has been out for more than a decade, it does not stop academics from heaping admiration upon his legacy that borders on veneration.
Ballad Of Bernardine
Northwestern University Professor and veteran 60s protestor Bernadine Dohrn supported Obama’s presidency, however, her vocal support may not be something that he wants right now especially after last Tuesday’s “shellacking.”