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The right to free speech is protected in the First Amendment to our Constitution, but there are times when what is said, taxes the limits of one’s patience.

When a noted libertarian scholar concocted an economics quiz which conservatives passed and liberals failed, right-wingers who read it high-fived each other, figuratively speaking.

It’s always awkward when a Catholic college or university invites a pro-choice speaker to lecture on campus, at least to Catholics outside of its gates.

One of many ways to gauge the political tilt of academia is to see how many cabinet members from past presidential administrations have obtained academic berths.

In academia, it seems, nothing succeeds like failure.

The gap between what academia promises and what it actually delivers is becoming ever more apparent by the day.

A blogger at the American Enterprise Institute has suggested a set of principles to guide education reform. The problem is, well-intentioned and logical as they are, they  look a lot like No Child Left Behind.

Co-author of failed foreign policy continues to offer input from academic berth.

Where once she called for accountability in elementary and secondary education, she now finds it abhorrent. Why the change?

Cost-benefit analysis may not be their strong suit but education majors may have figured out how to get the best return on their investment from  college.

Teaching tools have apparently become more exotic since the days of slide rules and overhead projectors.

Here’s the thing about academic research: At its best, it reaffirms the obvious but at a much greater cost than casual observation entails.