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The (college) kids are alright
By Stephen E. Whittaker – For three decades, I have taught rhetoric in a university honors program, so I see the academic cream of the crop. Many of my former… Read more
Subsidized college loans are another bipartisan boondoogle
By George F. Will – Bipartisanship, the supposed scarcity of which so distresses the high-minded, actually is disastrously prevalent. Since 2001, it has produced No Child Left Behind, a counterproductive… Read more
Florida Catholic school considers dropping student health plan, on heels of Ohio decision
On the heels of an Ohio school’s decision to abandon its student health insurance plan, another Catholic university in Florida is considering whether to follow suit over concerns about premium… Read more
Catholic university drops student health insurance, cites ObamaCare
A Catholic university in Ohio said Tuesday it is being forced to end a student health insurance program over the Obama administration’s contraception mandate and costs associated with other provisions… Read more
Dream Act supporters target filibuster
Illegal-immigrant students and some House Democrats sued the Senate this week to try to overturn the upper chamber’s filibuster rule, arguing that the 60-vote threshold applied to most major legislation… Read more
While touting higher-ed accountability, Perry responds to UT rumors
SAN ANTONIO – Gov. Rick Perry, in San Antonio on Tuesday to talk about accountability in higher education, found himself addressing questions about his influence and direction of higher education… Read more
Naval Academy Midshipmen in Sea Trials challenge
They crawled through muddy trenches. They did sit-ups in the Severn River. They performed a mock evacuation of an injured pilot. And they kept on going. Midshipmen completing their first… Read more
Students will be screwed with higher rates under Obama Budget!
College students are being played for suckers by the Democratic Party again. Barack Obama’s 2013 budget indicates that the interest rate on federally backed student loans student loan will jump… Read more
Fordham piece called Elizabeth Warren Harvard Law’s ‘first woman of color’
Elizabeth Warren has pushed back hard on questions about a Harvard Crimson piece in 1996 that described her as Native American, saying she had no idea the school where she… Read more
Commencementgate: Liberals outnumber conservatives 7-1
The liberal tilt of America’s top colleges and universities has gone off the charts with the ratio of liberal-to-conservative commencement speakers reaching 7-1, an all-time high, according to a new… Read more
