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It turns out that the main forces blocking real affirmative action may be the very establishments that claim to want it the most—institutions of higher learning.

Maybe Hollywood just isn’t making films like The Bells of St. Mary’s anymore but a documentary about transgendered students seems an odd choice for a campus diversion at a Catholic college even if one of the film’s subjects is a regular communicant somewhere else.

The plan that U. S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spelling’s commission on higher education has concocted to transform the Ivory Tower looks a lot like No Child Left Behind—three parts funding, one part accountability. Nonetheless, as with NCLB and primary grades, the portion of the scheme that has the faculty lounge most apprehensive is the transparency section.

Typically, when students attempt to obtain loans for college they look toward federal student loans but lately there has been a meteoric emergence of private student loans.

The idea that the only thing standing between at-risk youth and a college education is a mere several thousand dollars apiece is a nostrum repeated ad nauseum by politicians and professors alike. As notions go, it may have considerably less weight to it than the average cosmetic counter notion.

While many colleges purport to offer Middle East Studies courses, few of the professors holding forth on the subject can offer any real insight into the region. A notable exception is Bernard Lewis.

The higher education establishment has a mixed record on delivering the diversity it claims to prize, at best.

The higher education establishment has a mixed record on delivering the diversity it claims to prize, at best.

Can today’s anti-war movement be compared justly to the British appeasers of the 30s?

Leftist scholars converged at Brookings recently to share their worries about income inequity, lack of opportunity in America and increased poverty.

American businesses would rather gamble on finding talent abroad than rely on homegrown collegiates who have been through the entire public school system in the United States. There may be some good reasons for that.

At a recent discussion at Brookings, some education reporters gave their views on education and social mobility.