A new study shows that college students who take late classes drink more alcohol.

Catholic University president John Garvey explains “Why We’re Going Back to Single-Sex Dorms.”

Do ideologically radical professors impose their biases on their students?

Texas A&M professor finds serious flaws in college faculty productivity study.

Your major matters. But not as much as simply having a degree.

Is the college curriculum too heavy in humanities and social sciences and too light on science and mathematics?

A new study finds that college tuition costs could be cut in half if lazy professors got off their butts.

One law school grad seems to think the solution to her employment problems is to sue her law school.

David Blight recounts the story of the first Memorial Day.

A profile of George Mason economist and blogger Tyler Cowen offers this amusing description: “Cowen, 49, has round features, a hesitant posture, and an unconcerned haircut.”

Academic publishers want to end the Fair Use of scholarly journal articles in the classroom.

The rebel and onion armies showed grose negligence by having many of their battles right inside national parks, like Gettysburg.

A new study shows the staggering degree to which public education has failed in one of the most economically depressed cities in the United States: According to a new report, 47 percent of Detroiters are  ”functionally illiterate.” The alarming new statistics were released by the Detroit Regional Workforce Fund on Wednesday. WWJ Newsradio 950 spoke with the Fund’s Director, [...]

Most good government jobs require a college degree–but they don’t care much whether it’s a real one.

America’s war colleges have some problems but we can’t close them.

An increasing number of bright observers are questioning the notion that everyone needs to go to college.

Should kids be required to buy their lunch at school rather than bring whatever their parents might pack for them to eat?

A Seattle area school seems to have declared “war” on Easter: A sophomore at a local private high school thinks an effort to make Easter politically correct is ridiculous. Jessica, 16, told KIRO Radio’s Dori Monson Show that a week before spring break, the students commit to a week-long community service project. She decided to [...]

The Republican war against geology, anthropology, cosmology, biology, and archeology continues apace: Tennessee’s House Bill 368 passed the House of Representatives on a 70-23 vote on April 7, 2011. “The debate ranged over the scientific method, ‘intellectual bullies,’ hair spray and ‘Inherit the Wind,’” reported the Chattanooga Times Free Press (April 7, 2011). The bill, [...]

Count this as a sign of the apocalypse: Snooki ruined Bryan Orellana’s day. Not just Snooki, but the $32,000 a Rutgers’ student activities group paid her to appear at the university. “Appear” in this context should mean showcase a talent. Snooki’s talent, is well, you know. She’s a reality star, an oxymoron if there ever [...]

The experiences of two well-known academics denied tenure at Chicago provide some clues.

A photo suggesting oral sex on the cover of a student newspaper has generated controversy.

Another survey shows that Americans don’t know much about their own history, but does it really matter?

Yet another example of the plethora of creationist legislation that Republican control of state legislatures has brought about: Unlike many other states, Texas does not ban workplace discrimination based on gender identity, sexual orientation, or marital status. But don’t be alarmed; the Lone Star State is working on that whole civil liberties thing. Last week, [...]

While complaints that there’s too much information for intellectuals to sort through, much less read, are constant, they’re not new. Harvard historian Ann Blair argues in her new book Too Much to Know: Managing Scholarly Information Before the Modern Age that this stress goes back at least to Seneca’s time.

This video “Teachers Unions Explained” isn’t particularly fair but it’s nonetheless amusing.

79% do not think Ivy League students make better workers. 18% are undecided.

Salmon Khan argues that students should watch videos at night and practice during the day.

Would you like President Obama to speak at your graduation? You’re the only one.

George Mason University law students are petitioning against the requirement to pay $136 to rent cap and gown regalia in order to attend their graduation ceremony.

We live in a country where Creationists can run for President without being laughed out of the room, homeopathy is seen as real medicine, millions of people buy into “The Secret” that wishing for something hard enough makes it happen, and the cast of the Jersey Shore is rich. Until that changes, I find it [...]

Northwestern’s Human Sexuality course includes a naked woman being brought to orgasm with a dildo.

Via the BBC:  German defence minister Guttenberg resigns. The plagiarism scandal led to him being nicknamed Baron Cut-and-Paste, Zu Copyberg and Zu Googleberg by the German media. Let that be a lesson to the kiddies out there:  plagiarism can kill (careers, anyway).

Should public schoolteachers make more money than the people paying their salaries?

It turns out that many of the Wisconsin teachers who’ve been appearing on television this past week to talk about the budget battle with Governor Walker aren’t being entirely honest about what they earn: Wisconsin’s 2010 Teacher of the Year, Leah Lechleiter-Luke of Mauston High School, told CNN the budget changes would force her to [...]

In the middle of our discussion about the union protests in Wisconsin, here’s a fact worth noting. As of 2009, only 40% of Wisconsin 8th graders tested as being proficient in math (PDF). And their teachers are complaining about being required to do something we all do, contribute a portion of their health care premiums. [...]

In the Middle East, protesters are marching for democracy. In the Midwest, they’re protesting against it.

Over at Above The Law, I found this rather odd report out of Canada: “Don’t dress like a slut.” That’s the safety tip for how women can avoid a sexual assault, reportedly offered by a Toronto police officer speaking at a campus safety information session at Osgoode Hall Law School last month. At the January [...]

Neither side is covering themselves in glory in the battle over the Badger State budget.

Wheaten College’s Timothy Larsen explains that, in a world where 176 highly qualified applicants apply for a single tenure-track vacancy at his institution, a lot of people are miffed. He sympathizes. He closes a longish column discussing the ins and outs of the hiring process: Believe me, we know that we could not get our [...]

For many Ph.Ds, the Ed.D. represents the ticket to the administrative high life, the white flag to academic scholarship, and the tramp stamp of the compromising careerist.

President Obama is proposing to cut billions of dollars from the Pell Grant program, making it harder for kids from poor families to attend college.

Yet another study finds conservatives wildly underrepresented in higher education.

The assault on science education continues: If educators in New Mexico want to teach evolution or climate change as a “controversial scientific topic,” a new bill seeks to protect them from punishment. House Bill 302, as it’s called, states that public school teachers who want to teach “scientific weaknesses” about “controversial scientific topics” including evolution, [...]

A recent WSJ piece titled Why Rich Parents Don’t Matter is interesting if misnamed. How much do the decisions of parents matter? Most parents believe that even the most mundane acts of parenting—from their choice of day care to their policy on videogames—can profoundly influence the success of their children. Kids are like wet clay, [...]

An Ohio woman was convicted of two felony counts for sending her kids to good schools.

A new study casts new light on the importance of testing students to reinforce their grasp of information.

A new study suggests college students aren’t learning the critical thinking skills they’re supposed to learn, but that isn’t necessary the fault of the university they’re attending.

Well this may be one reason we have so many problems right now: For five years now, the Intercollegiate Studies Institute has been conducting a national survey to gauge the quality of civic education in the country. We’ve surveyed more than 30,000 Americans, most of them college students, but also a random sample of adults [...]

We’re producing more PhDs and JDs than there are full time openings for professors and lawyers.