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Oh, the irony: The Obama administration has used informal regulatory “guidance” to accomplish some major parts of its agenda, including the imposition of a low evidence standard in campus sexual-assault proceedings. It has also used guidance – which is basically an agency saying “this law means X,” without taking outside input – to force schools to let […]

The biggest losers on election night were in the liberal media, an adjunct of the national Democratic Party. But the far-left “progressives” who had backed Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and then rationalized voting for Hillary Clinton lost big. Many conservatives in the media also look like fools. The left-wingers who were humiliated include: Noam Chomsky, […]

From the Washington Monthly: The Department of Education recently unveiled the final regulations known as “borrower defense to repayment” in a response to concerns about colleges defrauding students or suddenly closing their doors. These wide-ranging regulations, which will take effect on July 1, 2017 (a summary is available here) allow individuals with student loans to get relief if […]

From School Reform News: The Homeschool Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) has gathered greater than 14,500 signatures from citizens who object to language in a new form Colorado parents must complete to obtain immunization exemptions for their children. Colorado parents who choose not to immunize their children may submit to their child’s school a request for […]

The good news is that the Left has noticed what a scam college accreditation is. The bad news: They want the federal government to take it over. “Accreditors are self-regulating membership organizations,” Ben Miller, David Bergeron and Carmel Martin write in a report released this month by the Center for American Progress (CAP).  “This means […]

Wow…read it for yourself: In today’s rapidly shifting economy, Americans now know that keeping their skills and education fresh is a lifelong imperative. The proportion of “adult learners” has exploded in recent years, and students over the age of 25 now make up more than 40% of the nation’s college students. One increasingly popular way […]

At the Cato Institute recently, a libertarian law professor claimed we could not enforce mass deportations but did not mention what illegal immigration already costs American taxpayers. “We cannot afford to remove 18 million,” Josh Blackman, an associate professor of law at the Houston College of Law, said at Cato’s Constitution Day conference. “We have […]

From Inside Higher Ed on the potential collapse of ITT Tech, a for-profit academic institution: Last week, after years of investigations, the U.S. Department of Education banned ITT Tech from enrolling new students who receive federal funding while also increasing financial oversight with several measures. This week ITT posted a notice on its website stating it was no longer enrolling new […]

From the College Fix: A federal judge in Texas halted the Title IX guidance issued by the departments of Justice and Education this spring that said schools must let students use the sex-segregated facilities of their choice – in particular, restrooms and locker rooms – in line with their gender identities. Judge Reed O’Connor said the government […]

You might not be surprised to learn that 84 percent of church-going Christians send their children to public schools. Nevertheless, you may be astonished to learn that half of all public school teachers consider themselves church-going Christians. These two tidbits come from Barna Research. Nevertheless, we’ve had controversies throughout the country whenever valedictorians attempt to […]

Sounds very punitive, California legislature

From the College Fix: The University of Connecticut has been on the receiving end of growing criticism over its plans for a wing dedicated to housing black males inside a new dorm building. It’s billed as a living-learning community for black students, some sort of safe space, with campus officials suggesting such an arrangement will help […]