Sounds like a bad use of taxpayer funds, right? Creating facilities catering to only illegal immigrants, etc.
Topic: higher education
Is Higher Education a Leisure Pool?
A group called College Rank has helpfully compiled a list of colleges with the best leisure pools in academe, some replete with lazy rivers. “Recreational facilities and amenities have become a major part of the…
Kiss of Debt
Beth Akers of the Brookings Institution, co-author of controversial research on the status of student loans, downplays the significance of the more than $1.3 trillion in debts held by Americans. “Debt is increasing steadily across…
College Education Doesn’t Guarantee Anything, writes Victor Davis Hanson
As Hansen put it: “A bachelor’s degree is no longer proof that any graduate can read critically or write effectively. National college-entrance-test scores have generally declined the last few years, and grading standards have as…
University of Phoenix sees Enrollment Drop 14%
Uh oh, is this the beginning of the end for for-profit colleges and their profit model? A 14% drop in a quarter is quite large and it was unexpected.
Another Liberal Myth: More Black Men are in Jail than are in College
Just like the rape and sexual assault myth, and the gender pay gap myth, liberals are seeing their rhetoric fall apart when facts are lined up. This time, the myth that there are more black…
Scott Walker’s Mainstream Higher Ed Reform
When Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker unveiled his higher education reforms for the state university system, the reaction from that quarter was predictably negative. Yet and still, Governor Walker’s proposals are remarkably similar to several that…
White House Targeted College Savings
While the Obama Administration hatched a plan to make community college free, the White House plotted a change in the tax treatment of savings accounts parents use to pay for their children’s college education. “During…
Cal-Berkeley to build a “Global” Campus just 10 Miles Away
Doesn’t sound very “global” to me, to build a satellite campus ten miles away from the main campus. Here’s the kicker: It’s just a vision and has no funding to build such a campus.
Tenure on Life Support
When a California judge threw out the state’s teacher tenure laws, he sent shock waves throughout the K-12 educational establishment nationwide and gave hope to American parents from coast to coast. “On a warm day…