Some survey results offer hope after decades of declining literacy.
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A Slice Of Cold War History
Arguably the most historic press coverage its publisher ever got, cro looks back at how the Soviet Union’s state press covered the founding of Accuracy In Academia during the Cold War.
The Treatment Of The Middle East At Columbia University
At Columbia, the principal anti-Israel voices are not student leaders and groups but faculty and academic departments.
Educators vs. Reading
Since the whole language method of teaching left students knowing no language, it may be time to take a second look at phonics.
What Kwanzaa Means To Me
Our African-American family’s education in Kwanzaa continues to this day.
God In Public Places And Schools
Government officials now remove every vestige of religion from public agencies and places, including schools, but the founders of those institutions may have had other ideas.
No Homework For The Holidays
Though few educators themselves can tell you whether teachers give too much or too little homework, most research shows that students are not overburdened with studying.
Class Warfare In Education
The push towards equality in education has made a casualty of excellence, a political science professor finds.
The Internet (PG)
Children of all ages who surf the internet tend to watch less TV and read more but a veteran psychologist urges parental guidance.
Civil Liberties On Campus At Risk, Part II
Today in the United States there is a growing conflict between anti-discrimination law and civil liberties, particularly on college campuses, a legal scholar finds.
Recent Articles
Inside The Ivory Curtain
If students feel obliged to refrain from relaying tales of campus indoctrination, the dwindling ranks of conservative professors abide by an even more restrictive code of silence: Their livelihood is at stake.
Getting Tenure Hegemonically
Here’s a vignette that shows how an academic can get tenure, or at least how one well-placed one did.
We Luv Our $tudents
“Each student we lose seriously impacts our budget.”— F. Javier Cevallos, President, Kutztown University
Persecution of Christians Deconstructed
A Notre Dame theologian is downplaying the history of the persecution of Christians.
Hip Hop: Witty or Twitty?
Some may think we exaggerate how far a distance English Departments have traversed from Shakespeare and Milton. Just have a look at the program for the College English Association’s Middle Atlantic Group conference to be held this weekend at Montgomery College in Rockville, Maryland.
Enabling Assault on West
“The reason that the institutions of the West are under assault is because they can be.”—Stephen Balch, director, Institute for the Study of Western Civilization, Texas Tech, founder, National Association of Scholars.
Pedagogy of The Oppressive
A fascinating anomaly of the academic Left: No matter how many institutions they and their policies dominate, they still view themselves as downtrodden, even in the circles in which they are dominant.
Racial Preferences’ Illusory Benefit
Colleges are widely applying racial preferences to the apparent benefit of no one.
In the Vanguard
“When the College of Arts and Sciences offers its new Sexuality and Queer Studies minor in the fall semester of 2013, it will be at the vanguard of an academic discipline.”— Lauren Ober, on American University’s new course offering.
UT-Austin Increases Border Traffic
But the Border Patrol probably won’t be involved.
Book Review
Book Review: America, Guns, and Freedom
As gun rights and gun control advocates, political surrogates, spokespeople, and groups contend over the future of the Second Amendment to the Constitution, Dr. Miguel Faria, Jr., M.D. published a book that gives extensive background,…
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