EducationCommentary
How to Beat the Student Debt Crisis
The cost of college has gone sky-high, and now Americans are $1.6 trillion in student loan debt. How did we get here? And how do… Read More
EducationCommentary
How Wokeness Is Turning Back the Clock
If you need an accurate update on some of the madness at the nation’s institutions of higher learning, check out Minding the Campus, a nonprofit… Read More
EducationCommentary
Harvard Says It Uses Racial Discrimination to Sculpt a ‘Diverse’ Class. This Is a Dangerous Path.
A federal judge in Massachusetts has ruled that Harvard University does not illegally discriminate against Asian Americans. The keyword is “illegally.” Harvard does discriminate against… Read More
EducationCommentary
A Judge’s Wrongheaded Ruling Saves Harvard’s Non-Colorblind Admission Policy
The day that racial preferences are finally expunged from university admissions, hiring practices, and contracting, we should all pause and quietly remember U.S. District Court… Read More
EducationNews
Federal Judge Upholds Harvard’s Race-Conscious Admissions Policy
A federal judge in Boston ruled Tuesday that Harvard’s race-conscious admissions policy does not violate the law, following a challenge alleging the university discriminates against… Read More
EducationCommentary
Why New Mexico’s ‘Free College’ Plan Likely Will Backfire
New Mexico has become the most recent state to succumb to liberal demands for tuition-free college. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, recently announced support… Read More
EducationCommentary
College Admissions Scandal Ensnares 52nd Defendant and Counting
Fifty-two defendants and counting. That’s how many people have been indicted or otherwise charged in the college admissions and testing-bribery scandal. When the story first… Read More
EducationFeature
Students at This College Decide to Join Reagan’s ‘Informed Patriots’
President Ronald Reagan spoke of “informed patriotism” when charging America, in his farewell address in 1989, to educate future generations on the importance of freedom…. Read More
EducationCommentary
College Bias Leads to Grade A Intolerance
“You don’t talk about it.” That’s how one student at Washington University in St. Louis described being a conservative on campus. Drew McPike isn’t the only… Read More
EducationCommentary
The Latest College Lunacy: Correct English Grammar Is ‘Racist’
Just when we thought colleges could not spout loonier ideas, we have a new one from American University. They hired a professor to teach other… Read More
EducationNews
Trump Praises Historically Black Colleges, Saying Nation Owes Them ‘Profound and Enduring Debt’
The United States “owes a profound and enduring debt of gratitude” to its historically black colleges and universities, President Donald Trump said in an address… Read More
EducationNews
Here’s How to Make Colleges Accountable and Affordable, Sen. Rick Scott Says
Not every student should go to a four-year college, but those who do deserve an education that prepares them for a career without taxpayers shouldering… Read More
EducationCommentary
The Bullying of Conservatives at Colleges Needs to End
Back to school on America’s college campuses can be an exciting time for parents and students alike. But if your college freshman comes home for Thanksgiving break… Read More
EducationCommentary
We Hear You: Our ‘Back to School’ Edition
Editor’s note: Kids of all ages are returning to school, and “We Hear You” is back from a summer hiatus. What could be more fitting… Read More
EducationCommentary
The College Board Scraps Controversial ‘Adversity Score,’ but Continues Plan to Weigh College Admissions
It appears that many Americans still believe that merit is the most important factor in determining who will get into our top colleges and universities…. Read More
Education Analysis
Recent Grad Details How Colleges Promote Hookup Culture
In the opening weeks of fall, a number of colleges now feature what they call “Sex Week,” a week in which risky and irresponsible sexual… Read More
EducationFeature
Academia Today ‘Not for Faint-Hearted,’ Says Professor Who Lost His Job for Talking About Gender
Academia today “is not for the faint-hearted,” says a veteran professor who was head of child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Louisville School… Read More
EducationNews
College Professor Resigns After Admitting Support for Antifa
A Kirkwood Community College professor in Iowa resigned after confirming that he supports Antifa following his social media posts coming to light. Jeff Klinzman, a… Read More
EducationCommentary
What Will They Learn at College?
For many parents, August is a month of both pride and tears. Pride because their teenager is taking that big educational step and tears because… Read More
Education Analysis
Preferred Pronouns and More: What a Mom Saw at Her Son’s College Orientation
College campuses are known for radicalism—but more and more mainstream colleges are bending to identity politics and woke activism. Recently, Penny Nance, the president and… Read More
EducationCommentary
The Precarious Future of Historically Black Colleges and Universities
It has been an open secret for several decades that the writing is on the wall for most historically black colleges and universities. Since 1989,… Read More
EducationNews
Student Group Flags Top 5 Instances of Campus Censorship of Conservatives
Why bother with a liberal arts education? Some students at a Washington university wanted to know, but their school administrators canceled a panel scheduled to… Read More
EducationCommentary
Common Sense in Free Fall on College Campuses
Evidence is mounting that political ideology is corrupting the liberal arts. According to Campus Reform, in late July, Portland State University accused one of its… Read More
EducationCommentary
Why ‘Adversity’ Shouldn’t Be a New Advantage in College Admissions
“It’s misleading. How do you measure an ‘adversity score’ anyway?” Martin Smith, a professor at Rowan University and an alumnus from the University of Pennsylvania,… Read More
EducationCommentary
Josh Hawley Wants to Break Up the College Monopoly. Why His Approach Could Help.
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., introduced two bills this week to shake up higher education, and the proposals look promising. One bill would expand access to… Read More
EducationAnalysis
A Time for Trade Schools
Solving the huge debt incurred by young adults who took out loans to attend college has become a key policy debate. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.,… Read More
EducationCommentary
The High Cost of ‘Free’ College Tuition
In the lead-up to the 2020 elections, we’ve heard several proposals offering free college tuition for all, and loan forgiveness for those still carrying debt…. Read More
EducationNews
Josh Hawley to Introduce Bill That Would Hold Universities Financially Liable for Defaulted Student Loans
Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri announced Tuesday he will introduce two pieces of legislation this week targeting institutions of higher education, one of which… Read More
EducationCommentary
How Students Have Turned Their Backs on Civil Discourse
More than a half-century ago, Coretta Scott King addressed Harvard University students in the wake of the assassination of her husband, Martin Luther King Jr…. Read More
Education Analysis
The Unintended Consequences of Student Loans
Every year, colleges raise tuition prices yet again. That’s helped create the student debt crisis, and it’s causing more young people to skip college altogether…. Read More
