If the raccoon coat-wearing youth of the 1920s really were the lost generation, what would you call millennials? Generation Opportunity, “a national, non-partisan youth advocacy organization,” crunched the employment and unemployment data for March in…
Monthly Archives For April 2015
Another School Postpones Screening of ‘American Sniper’ after Muslim Students Complain
As Campus Reform reported: “Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, New York postponed its screening of American Sniper, scheduled to show April 10, after receiving a request from the school’s Muslim Students Association (MSA) to…
Taxpayers Hurt by Tax-Exempt Endowments
As the Chronicle of Higher Education reported: “Most of the benefits, they say, result because endowments are exempt from capital-gains taxes. Mr. Klor de Alva, president of the Nexus center, and Mr. Schneider, a vice…
Head Start Still Unfinished
Try as they might, when proponents of early federally funded pre-school education ala Head Start try to make the case for their cause, they can’t quite seal the deal. “There is one study that shows…
University of Michigan Screening of ‘American Sniper’ goes well
No protests or counter-protests occurred, but police were stationed outside. As the credits rolled, the filled-to-capacity room (a 150-person capacity) boomed with applause.
For-Profit Online College will Close
Jones International University, based in Colorado since its inception in 1993, will close its doors. From 2011 to 2014, reports say that enrollment dropped some 50%.
Professors Want Students to Fight Against White Privilege, not to just Acknowledge It
Fight The Man! This is what it seems like professors are telling their students nowadays. But, this story is one of a panel discussion by professors at St. Louis University, where one professor urged students…
Charter Schools in Blue States: It Works
More evidence indicates that school choice works, even in so-called blue states. The Boston-based Pioneer Institute undertook a study of charter schools in the bay state and found that “Case studies of five high-performing charter…
North Dakota Bill could Protect Student Journalists from Censorship
North Dakota becomes the 8th state to pass a bill like this, protecting student journalists from censorship.
U.S. Colleges are Restricting America’s Freedom of Speech
Why are colleges eagerly restricting their students’ free speech rights? Great question posed by Ed Feulner, former head of the Heritage Foundation.