A recent conference on “The Future of Human Rights” raises the question of whether human rights advocacy masks a dual agenda of economic distribution and entitlement expansion.
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Not The Write Stuff
If recent test scores are any indication, though, instruction in the writing basics is in short supply in North Carolina.
William & Mary Uncensored
William and Mary school president Gene Nichol okayed students’ requests to hold the “Sex Workers’ Art Show” to be held on campus.
Gender Profiling
A new update to a the Women in Intercollegiate Sport: A Longitudinal Study shows that overall women continue to make great strides on the college level, but fall short of what women hoped to achieve under Title IX.
Leave This Law Behind
For loyal supporters of the federal education law, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), 2007 has been a lonely year indeed.
Greening Academia
While the vision of a “carbon neutral” setting in academia helps place the schools on the cutting edge of the green movement and even though another 378 schools have signed on to the pledge many of the signatories are finding tougher to walk the walk than talk the talk on this issue.
College Bargain Basement Standards
When you pay dearly for a room at a luxury hotel or a meal at a five-star restaurant, the price tag may sting but at least you can see, feel, taste, touch and smell what you are getting. The same is not the case in higher education.
Field of Education Dreams
Public shool officials in North Carolina are following the “if you build it, students will learn something” model of education reform and winding up with…pretty buildings.
Rich Schools Tank Too
Locke High School principal Frank Wells is fed up: “The more you fail, the more money they throw at you. We’re filthy rich; I don’t want any more of your money. Send me quality teachers.”
UCLA BANS MINUTEMAN
The
University of California Los Angeles rescinded an invitation issued to
Carl Braun, California State Director for The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, to
a debate scheduled for this evening with Dr. Yaron Brook of the Ayn Rand
Institute regarding border security.