Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs
Tony Manfred at Business Insider reports on some statistics from the NCAA on the likelihood that a college athlete will become a professional athlete: Even if your kid is good at sports in high school, gets a scholarship, and excels in college, there’s almost no way they are going to go pro. Scott Soshnick of [...]
There must not be any serious problems left for the Arizona State Legislature to worry about, because they are presently considering a bill that would bar teachers and professors from using bad language: In what has to be the most hilariously unconstitutional piece of legislation that I’ve seen in quite some time, senators in the [...]
Most people forget most of what they learn in school. Should we call the whole thing off?
College football coaching salaries jumped 35 percent last year and 55 percent in the last six.
Penn State Assistant Coach Mike McQueary is, as far as we know, the only independent witness to the alleged child abuse committed by Jerry Sandusky. In the Grand Jury Testimony that led to Sandusky’s first arrest, McQueary describes seeing Sandusky naked in the showers at the PSU athletic facilities with a young boy, also naked, [...]
When you campaign in a Republican primary in Iowa, that means pandering to the evangelicals and social conservatives. For Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum, that means telling them you’re in favor of undermining the teaching of evolution in America’s science classrooms. Here’s Bachmann: BACHMANN: I think what you’re advocating for is censorship on the part [...]
You’d think that in today’s world employers wouldn’t have trouble finding qualified employees. You’d be wrong.
This morning it was announced that the Chief of the UC Davis Police Department is the latest member of the force to be put on administrative leave while this weekend’s pepper spraying incident is investigated: The University of California, Davis campus police chief along with two officers have been placed on administrative leave amid growing [...]
The calendar favors waiting out the occupiers, not confronting them.
Brian Nguyen, a photojournalism student at UC Davis and a photographer from the campus newspaper has a Flickr account with a series of shots from yesterday’s events: click. The key photo is here which is a 1000 words that utterly undercuts police claims that the pepper spraying was an act of necessary self-defense on the [...]
James Fallows: Let’s stipulate that there are legitimate questions of how to balance the rights of peaceful protest against other people’s rights to go about their normal lives, and the rights of institutions to have some control over their property and public spaces. Without knowing the whole background, I’ll even assume for purposes of argument [...]
Further, there was another example of police violence at UCD earlier this week.
A Sports reporter in Pennsylvania is passing along a rumor that, if true, could turn the Penn State child rape scandal into a full blown disaster for the university: In April, Pittsburgh radio host Mark Madden wrote a story revealing Penn State for much of the cover-up of Jerry Sandusky’s alleged child rape that has [...]
Michael Ellsberg argues that “Trying to Learn Clear Writing in College is Like Trying to Learn Sobriety in a Bar.”
The firing of legendary Penn State football coach Joe Paterno led to a full-blown riot by outraged students.
The Board Of Trustees of Pennsylvania State University announced late tonight that Joe Paterno and the President of the University have been fired in the wake of a widening child sex abuse scandal: Penn State football coach Joe Paterno was fired late Wednesday night as the result of a growing child-sex scandal that has engulfed [...]
A dwindling proportion of students are majoring in STEM fields. They’re likely making the wise choice.
Via Yahoo’s The Lookout blog comes The 10 college majors with the lowest unemployment rates. The majors in question are: 1. Actuarial Science—0 percent 2. Astronomy and Astrophysics—0 percent 3. Educational Administration and Supervision—0 percent 4. Geological and Geophysical Engineering—0 percent 5. Pharmacology—0 percent 6. School Student Counseling—0 percent 7. Agricultural Economics—1.3 percent 8. Medical [...]
The Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Patriot-News made this editorial the entirety of today’s front page: There are the obligations we all have to uphold the law. There are then the obligations we all have to do what is right. It has become increasingly clear that while Penn State University President Graham Spanier has not been charged with breaking [...]
Penn State is cleaning house, including the legendary Joe Paterno.
Jerry Sandusky, the longtime defensive coordinator for the Penn State football team, is being charged with eight counts of child sex abuse.
Call it a sign of the times: Giving validation to Occupy Wall Street protests over the increasing burdens of student debt, a new report indicates that the amount of total amount of outstanding student loans will exceed $1 trillion for the first time ever this year. In addition, the amount of student loans taken out [...]
A change to the Bankruptcy Code could go a long way toward alleviating the burden of student loan debt that seems to be motivating some in the “Occupy Wall Street” movement.
One of the most prominent themes of the Occupy Wall Street protests has been the phenomenon of college graduates saddled with large student loan debt and no job. While there are no doubt anecdotal cases where this is true, and I’m not going to question the people who’ve posted those stores on the “We Are [...]
A group of researchers at Texas Tech, The University of Texas, and Yale University are conducting an online survey investigating social media use and political attitudes and behaviors.
Parents are being arrested for sending their children to public schools outside their district.
A consultant for would-be academics, says she wouldn’t have a job if professors would do theirs.
In a shot across the bow of the current publishing model, Princeton is requiring professors to retain rights to their published work so that it may be freely distributed.
College students finally seem to be listening to the market.
Ten Muslim students were found guilty on misdemeanor conspiracy charges for their “plot” to shout down the Israeli ambassador during a speech at UC Irvine.
The idea that students raised in the Information Age are therefore savvy about information is a dangerous but pervasive myth.
The latest push for laws against bullying is another example of the Nanny State rum amok.
Steve Clemons highlights former first lady Laura Bush’s continuing work in promoting education and international engagement.
Not really, but it’s time for another reminder of just how young those darn college freshman actually are: The current freshmen entering college who will make up the Class of 2015 have no remembrance of what life was like before the Internet, what this whole Communist Party fuss was about in Russia and that Amazon [...]
Schools of education attract the weakest students and give out the highest grades on campus.
