A University of California faculty committee recently urged its campuses to withdraw from the National Merit Scholarship program on the grounds that the program is biased against some minorities.
Read the articleThe attention in the Middle East has long centered on fixing hardware problems, such as building infrastructure and reforming systems of government. Attention to the manner in which youth are educated has been neglected.
Read the articleStudents at the nation’s top college and universities are overwhelmingly America’s wealthiest while low-income students face significant barriers in gaining admission, according to a new book.
Read the articleA new initiative at Colgate has riled both students and alumni supporters of the Greek system.
Read the articleAlthough he still considers himself an environmentalist, law professor David Schoenbrod’s embrace of free market approaches to protecting the environment are viewed with suspicion in the halls of higher education.
Read the articlePenn State has learned of a new electrical engineering concept: the War in Iraq is wrong.
Read the articleIt’s not just at institutions like the Santa Clara University, UNC-Chapel Hill, and others that have a large number of professors who subscribe to liberal ideology. Research performed by Dan Klein and others indicates there is a large bias against conservative and libertarian professors in academia today.
Read the articleThe nation’s political landscape may change drastically in the coming years if today’s college students have their way.
Read the articleIf you doubt that America is in danger of losing her heritage, listen to the take on the teaching of American history by this country’s leading historian.
Read the articleRepublicans are winning parents at the polls, and this “parent gap” has Democrats worried.
Read the articleThe problem of plagiarism in college was one in which students were, more often than not, the perpetrators, not their professors. Now, the pedagogues themselves are increasingly suspect.
Read the articleNot only do liberals fill the classrooms, evidence suggests that they control hiring committees, by preferring liberals over conservatives.
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