In the next couple weeks many students will attend their graduations with proud parents and family members. They are likely to hear a liberal speaker.
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Free Muslims March on Washington
While most students hear one view from the Middle Eastern Studies department on their college campuses, another is emerging albeit without the attention that most Middle Eastern Studies departments get.
Climate Control
Global warming alarmists in academia who seek to extend their influence beyond the controlled environs of their own classrooms are getting help from admiring moviemakers
For the children?
Hang on to your wallets, it’s budget time. Expect K-12 funding, a perennial line item favorite, to continue increasing at a much higher rate than the cost of living.
Clinton Commencements Commence
What happens when graduating seniors get to choose their college commencement speaker and pick former Secretary of State Colin Powell? They might get Sen. Hillary Clinton instead.
Ivy League Ennui
Written as if in a weekend over spring break, Chloe Does Yale is a hot pink and boring fairy tale that chronicles the school days of an insecure coed who moonlights as a sex columnist for the college paper.
Keystone Kops
Barely two years after a federal judge ordered the school to revise its politically correct speech code, administrators at Shippensburg State University in Pennsylvania remain undaunted, constantly patrolling for insensitivity.
Bravo Bob Parks
A reader on Bob Parks’ Cockeyed Payout column: “An oasis of reason in a sea of hysteria.”
Education Budget Dance
It’s that time again when state legislatures around the country are doing the budget dance.
Assault on Merit in the University of California
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.
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Rocky Horror State U?
Why does a campus with such a diverse student body need a “Center for Student Diversity”?
Feminists Attack Wikipedia
Feminist groups at several universities recently took part in an effort called “Edit Wikipedia Day,” to address what they perceive as the sexist flaws in the website.
Michigan Students Protest Libs
In a bold move on today’s politically correct campuses, a group of brave libertarian students at the University of Michigan recently decided to stand up and tell the school that they were, in effect, “mad as hell and not going to take it anymore.”
Designed for Failure: The Common Core State Standards
“Standards” and “College readiness.”
Environmental Activism in English Literature
Environmentalists are now going back to find environmental messages written in classics published long before the first Earth Day was commemorated.
China’s Common Core
Although we often hear about how China is in hot economic competition with the U. S., we don’t hear as frequently how eerily similar their education system is to ours. “The Chinese government has always…
Lessons from America’s Sweetheart
I was dismayed by the sparse reaction to the loss of this woman who lived a great American life.
Parents Like Private Schools
The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice recently published an analysis entitled, “More Than Scores: An Analysis of Why and How Parents Choose Private Schools.”
Education Savings Saves Students
Education savings accounts, or ESA’s, are like scholarships, where 90% of what the state would pay per student would be given to parents in a bank account-like program.
Agency Capture Benefits Wall Street?
The Center for American Progress recently held a panel discussion on the topic of executive agency overreach, which several panelists called “regulatory capture.”
Book Review
Book Review: Is ‘The Dying Citizen’ a Prediction of America’s Future?
America’s ongoing and seemingly-constant crises have left Americans scrambling to find a sense of normalcy and safety. Just in time, to cut through the chaotic bombardment of conflicting messages and opinions while providing a voice…
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The Origins of Political Correctness
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Ayn Rand Reconsidered
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