A good read by Peter Lawler on higher education and its relationship to American counterculture.
Topic: higher education
How American Higher Education Turned into a False Promise
From our friend George Leef at the Pope Center: One is the proliferation of college graduates who can only find jobs that don’t call for college education. As the number of Americans holding college credentials…
University of Virginia has $2.3 Billion Fund, Lawmakers Look toward Tuition Freeze
UVa has a fund worth $2.3 billion. Did they overcharge for tuition…?
Scandal Could Doom IPO of Clinton-Linked For-Profit University
Laureate University could see its initial public offering (IPO) fall as they’re facing problems with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding their own internal financial controls.
Former Virginia Governor: Higher Ed has a Lot of Issues
Jim Gilmore, who ran as a Republican presidential candidate in the 2016 cycle and had served as Virginia’s governor, wrote an op-ed describing the problems that higher education and academia are facing today. It’s worth a read.
Wellesley College Gushes over Hillary Clinton, UPenn Silent on Trump
Wonder if the Wellesley College is continuing the gender card narrative from the Hillary Clinton camp, but it’s interesting (even funny!) that UPenn is silent over Donald Trump. Liberals are embarrassed by one of their…
Gettysburg Claims They Encourage Free Speech, but Create Bias Response Team
In response to pro-life posters that illustrated the number of abortions in the black community, the small liberal arts college condemned the posters (an expression of free speech) and affirmed free speech with some new policies.
Enrollment Doesn’t Really Matter, say Western Illinois Faculty
Western Illinois University is going to cut at least four disciplines due to state budget cuts, but some faculty worry that it won’t create well-rounded students.
Why are Four-Year Colleges Making It Hard for Community College Students to Transfer
It’s a broken system, where it’s hard to transfer credits, and when you try to take the right classes, the classes still don’t transfer from community college to a four-year college.
Who is Paying for Diversity?
While The Donald hits the hustings talking, yea, bellowing, about the jobs America has lost, academia has actually added to its payrolls, but kept mum about who is picking up the tab. “The number of…
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Book Review: Is ‘The Dying Citizen’ a Prediction of America’s Future?
America’s ongoing and seemingly-constant crises have left Americans scrambling to find a sense of normalcy and safety. Just in time, to cut through the chaotic bombardment of conflicting messages and opinions while providing a voice…
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