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Topic: American Enterprise Institute
Survey: Majority of Academics think it’s ‘Too Early to Tell’ if Common Core was the ‘Right Decision’
Common Core State Standards, a top-to-bottom federal government education curriculum, is a relative unknown among academics, college faculty and professors in higher education. A joint survey, headed by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), discovered that…
Scholar Charles Murray Reflects on the Middlebury College Disruptive Protest
Charles Murray, an AEI scholar, was called a racist and white supremacist, among many names thrown at him from the black bloc (masked anarchist) protesters at Middlebury College: Middlebury tried to negotiate such an agreement…
Education Press Trumped
Before the election, we reported on the education establishment’s befuddlement over the nascent political career of our president-elect. Since the election, we have seen college students acting out in response to the results, mostly in…
Women Didn’t Get Tenure as Much due to Gender Neutral Policies, Study finds
In trying to level the playing field, it actually didn’t help female professors obtain tenure: Ostensibly “gender-neutral” tenure policies designed to help women have actually ended up helping men instead, according to a new academic…
MIT Lecture Links Islamophobia to Climate Change
Professors love equating their two favorite topics: Islamophobia and climate change/global warming.
Charles Murray to Azusa Pacific University: Man Up
It’s worth your time to read Charles Murray’s response to Azusa Pacific University students being upset at his opinions.
Clinging to Questionable Statistics
Academia is supposed to be a place in which scholars pursue inquiries. Perhaps more academics should have inquiring minds. “One in five women and one in 71 men will be raped at some point in…
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…
America’s New Great Society: Rich Kids vs. Poor Kids
Robert Putnam, a professor of public policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School and a noted social science author, spoke about the growing opportunity gap in America at the American Enterprise Institute this past week. Putnam pointed…