Nostalgia is overrated, a Harvard psychologist says. “The bad-dominates-good phenomenon is multiplied by a second source of bias, sometimes called the illusion of the good old days,” Harvard psychology professor Steven Pinker said at a…
Topic: Accuracy in Academia
Northwestern Students form “Black Lives Matter” committee
The liberal narrative continues…yet will these students (and even faculty members) do anything but trying to stoke racial tension and raw emotion?
Cornell: Pay a $350 Fine for not taking our Health Insurance
ObamaCare for students? This isn’t going to end well, especially when the university is spending $55 million to renovate their health services building.
Scott Walker’s Higher Ed Budget Cuts are a Good Thing
Here’s an op-ed written by a University of Wisconsin scholar about why the budget cuts aren’t as bad as the university and faculty are saying it is. Short answer: The faculty’s salaries aren’t getting cut…
Brown Student calls ROTC an organization of “criminals”
Has he ever been a member of the ROTC or served in the armed forces? Then maybe this student shouldn’t say such dumb stuff.
Unions cap Charter School Growth
Charter school growth has exploded over the last two decades and so have the waiting lists to get in them. “Today there are charter school laws in 42 states and the District of Columbia,” Nina…
St. Louis University Students Upset at Ferguson Prosecutor’s Speech
The liberal narrative of Michael Brown’s shooting and the ensuing riots continues, as students at St. Louis University did not like how their law school invited the case’s prosecutor to speak to law students.
Making Sexual Violence Training Mandatory at George Washington U
Only one person showed up to sexual violence training workshop at George Washington University, so now the university is thinking they’ll make it mandatory for all incoming freshman students.
Obama’s Apology Tour Defense
An academic tries to make the case that our peripatetic president’s business trips abroad do not constitute an “apology tour,” as some of President Obama’s critics have often alleged. “Obama always links the expansion of…
California College Students call for Divestment from Israel
Yet another vote of University of California students for the boycotting of Israel and for divestment from Israel. No surprise here.