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A quartet of studies has arrived just in time for the Supreme Court’s consideration of an affirmative action case.

The view of violent uprisings in the Middle East, and collateral threats in the United States, is a bit different in the Ivory Tower than it is closer to the action.

Even on the economic issues that underpin the Occupiers’ angst, it is difficult not to notice that while businesses remain boarded up from coast to coast, government agencies do not.

Mark Regnerus, a sociologist at the University of Texas at Austin, is in such a position right now.

With unemployment at record levels, guess what academic economists from coast to coast are devoting their energies to studying?

Students who are in the mood for a change of pace during their current academic year might think about checking out one of the many bizarre and unusual classes currently being offered on our nation’s campuses.

The one thing that our college guide has in common with the better-known one put out by U. S. News & World Report is that many of the same schools appear on both.

He may or may not get elected president, but Texas governor Rick Perry may wind up having more of a lasting influence on education than the last two occupants of the White House ever did.

College frequently “means navigating an exhausting gauntlet of pretense and jargon.”

At least one visiting lecturer got to experience this treatment up close and personal.

Professors dependent on government subsidies in Texas are complaining about a new law there that forces them to let their students know what is in their courses before they are trapped in their classrooms.

The Texas State Board of Education met and confirmed by a vote of 9-5 textbook standards for the next 10 years. The Board emphasized the teaching of American history and rejected attempts by historical revisionists to remove significant parts of history.