If newspaper reporters largely seem to act as press agents for government programs, perhaps part of the reason may lie in the practical training they receive in college.
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Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate wants Free College for Maryland DREAMers
Ben Jealous, the former president of the NAACP, is running for governor as a Democratic Party candidate against Republican incumbent Governor Larry Hogan. Jealous beat a more moderate, business-friendly Democrat in the primary, and has…
Leader of Arizona “Red for Ed” Glad Senator McCain Passed Away
A leader of the teacher activist group called “Red for Ed” recently posted on social media that he is “not sorry” that Arizona Republican Senator John McCain passed away due to brain cancer at age 81.
Does Business Support Higher Education?
The Association of American Colleges & Universities (AACU) is touting a survey it conducted as proof that businesses feel better about higher education in the United States than the American public at large, but you don’t have to go very far inside the report they issued to discover that perhaps they should use it as a teachable moment for themselves.
No Time For Common Core Of Classics
Perhaps to some, when you have to chose between reading Charles Dickens or studying a driver’s manual, the choice is obvious.
Angst About Higher Education Bipartisan
A surprising number of views held by political conservatives about higher education are shared by people who don’t share their philosophy, or at least their party label.
Teacher Strikes of Spring 2018
If you didn’t know that thousands of teachers went on strike this year, it’s probably because the media outlets you consult didn’t cover the strikes much.
Did Immigration Laws Enable Mollie Tibbetts’s Killer?
It’s a question that the parents of college students in America, not to mention the collegians themselves, should want the answer to.
Fordham Professor Twists In National Spotlight
The Fordham professor who dismissed Mollie Tibbetts, who was murdered by a killer whose immigration status is unclear, received her first truly unfavorable rating on Rate My Professors.com (RMP) after briefly discussing the collegian’s murder on MSNBC.
NYT Gets Professor To Critique Charter Schools
What could go wrong when the paper of record gets a credentialed scholar to take apart charter schools?
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UTA Lecturer Sees Senate Race Cruz Control
And that can’t make many people at the University of Texas at Austin happy.
Beware Of Education Rankings
They’re usually only grading how much states and schools spend, not how much students learn.
What DACA Costs Immigrants
And the campus activists and their mentors won’t tell you.
Big Name Universities Bring Back Segregation
But no one questions them on it because they usually call it something else.
San Diego State University Police Won’t Notify Students of Race of Crime Suspects due to Vagueness
San Diego State University will not release the race of crime suspects, per a new policy for its police department.
Texas Christian University Unhappy with Conservative Commentator over ‘Rape Culture’ Q&A
A conservative commentator on YouTube, Steven Crowder, upset Texas Christian University administrators over his most recent “Change My Mind” tour on whether “rape culture” exists. Crowder filmed it on a public sidewalk in front of the university.
Scholastic Fail On Freedom
To realize the devolution that has taken place in America for about three-quarters of a century, look at the emphasis a famous Democratic president placed on liberty.
Epic Fail: Student Walkout Protests
The walkout protests were another part of the anti-Kavanaugh efforts on the Left
Exploring the Lessons of Bush-Obama School Reform
Mission accomplished?
Texas Students Learn To Handle Traffic Stops
This actually might be a good idea.
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Black Lives Matter Exposed
Book Review
Fact-Checking History’s First Draft
Journalism, the old cliché goes, is the first draft of history. Unfortunately, it rarely gets through rewrites before it hits the classroom. Yesterday’s headlines often look a bit silly when viewed through a microfiche, and…
Coming to a university near you
Before you find him on offer as a university speaker or course, you may want to read the meticulously documented story of Cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal by former Accuracy in Academia executive director Dan Flynn.
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