The University of Mary Washington breaks the Glass Ceiling in picking its new president but by how many stories?
Articles By: Malcolm A. Kline
The Collegiate Campaign Trail
As the presidential campaign heats up, the two Democratic contenders—Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are shoring up their base on college campuses, areas mostly off-limits for Republicans.
Academics Downgrade Socialized Medicine
Academics themselves are admitting that it doesn’t work, even as various presidential candidates still float ideas to provide “universal health care.”
60s Needle in Academic Haystack
Finding a front-page 60s radical four decades after the fact is a bit like finding a needle in an academic haystack: You just have to stumble upon the institution of higher learning that the professional protestor sought shelter in.
Academia’s Big Tent
You can get a pretty good idea of where academics are coming from politically and where they expect their junior colleagues to fall on the political spectrum by what they tell each other, particularly when they put it down on paper.
The South Rises Again
Academics’ attitudes towards the South color their teaching about the region, particularly lessons on the Civil War, and their histories, thus, often project myth rather than reality.
Seeing the Secular Light
College professors trying to make young Evangelicals see the secular light might be making some headway, at least, according to the more left-leaning of these people of faith.
Racing to the Bottom
When a progressive think tank and America’s leading business group get together and critique education in the United States, it’s official and getting more so—public schools may be getting progressively more expensive but they fail to deliver the service they claim to offer.
Wrong on race again
When you compare the racial attitudes of Woodrow Wilson, FDR and Ronald Reagan, guess who comes out on top?
Anti-Catholic Education
The faithful are increasingly likely to face hostility to their beliefs in secular educational settings, the Catholic League’s 2007 Report on Anti-Catholicism shows.