College fundraising was up 9 percent last year, says the Council for Aid to Education, but there’s a worrisome statistic: 17 percent of the $34 billion raised went to ten already wealthy institutions. The...
Here’s the nightmare scenario for many parents of college students. Suzie comes home from her $50,000-a-year university to tell you this: “Mom, Dad, I’ve decided I want to major in early Renaissance poetry.” In...
Saturday marks George Washington’s 282nd birthday, and the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association is urging communities across America to celebrate this milestone. Gov. Scott Walker has issued a special proclamation declaring Feb. 22 George Washington...
Liberal education is in decline. And professors and administrators at our best liberal arts colleges are hastening its demise. Much has been written about liberal education’s skyrocketing costs, its failure to provide students with...
As University of Illinois at Chicago faculty members went on strike this week for the first time in school history, English Professor Walter Benn Michaels took a break from picketing to give a reporter...
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