He may not be getting as much attention as The Donald but Governor Scott Walker’s higher education reforms in Wisconsin are having a real world impact there. “Who wants to work in a state where…
Topic: academia
Student Loan Debt: Now at $1.27 Trillion
Holy cow, that’s a lot of money and student loan debt. The national debt is at least $18 trillion, so that’s a huge amount of debt by students.
Harvard Professor Explores 2016 Presidential Bid
Seriously?! Yes, Harvard University law professor Lawrence Lessig said he’s exploring a presidential bid and identifies strongly with the Democratic Party.
What’s Going On in the Catholic Church?
FRONT ROYAL, VA — Millions of Americans, including many Catholics, were stunned when Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Catholic Archbishop of New York, attacked opponents of illegal immigration as “nativists” in a recent and widely-circulated column in…
Christian University in Memphis Pledged to Help Illegal Immigrant Students
That’s one way to subsidize illegal immigrant students over citizens and legal residents: In a response to the growing Hispanic population in the Memphis, Tenn. community, Christian Brothers University (CBU) has pledged to help its students…
The Next Wave of College Innovation? Western Governors University
Western Governors University offers a different model for students than your typical brick-and-mortar university model. Quite an interesting read by the Academe Blog.
Matching Poor Students to College
Education researchers, college administrators and professors at the American Enterprise Institute expressed concern that more poor kids aren’t going to college. Yet and still, they might be luring people to college who might be better…
Professor who Claimed Racial Profiling is Arrested, Ticketed for Making a False Statement
As Campus Reform noted, the professor lied about being pulled over and now justice has run its course: Minati Roychoudhuri, a professor of English at Capital Community College in Hartford, Connecticut, was ticketed in Wethersfield…
UNC Chapel Hill Orientation Skits Cast Whites as Villains
Specifically, straight white males are the villains. There are other observations from one student’s perspective af the state of North Carolina’s flagship university.
Study: Both Parties’ Presidents Increase Regulations While in Office
Both political parties like to reinforce the image of Democrats embracing government regulations while Republicans fight them but a new study from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University shows that, as George Gershwin might…