Outside the Beltway

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.

Just over 100 years after his death, Mark Twain’s two greatest novels are once again the subject of controversy.

The repeal of DADT may open the doors for ROTC to return to many elite institutions, if cost doesn’t get in the way.

Do graduates of elite colleges earn more because of where they went to school? Or because of the traits that got them selected?

The archaic practice of calling one’s seniors by titles rather than their first name is actually quite useful.

Columbia political science professor David Epstein has been charged with a 3-year incestuous relationship with his adult daughter.

Does that degree you get at the end of your four years of college really mean anything anymore, and is it worth the money you paid for it?

Gerard Van der Leun passes on a professorial rant entitled “Why You Got A ‘C'” that’s likely to be amusing primarily to those who have taught undergraduates.

While the University of Oregon’s athletic programs are flourishing in a seas of green, its academic programs are woefully underfunded.

Wayne State has canceled the Helen Thomas Spirit of Diversity in the Media Award, citing its namesake’s controversial remarks.

Bridget Terry Long, a professor of education and economics at Harvard, argues that we should give prospective college students and their families better information on such matters as loan burdens, graduation rates, average class size, average aid package, salaries earned and positions held by recent graduates, and alumni satisfaction.

Economist Bryan Caplan argues that our educational system does not prepare our children for the modern economy.

Neither Law Schools nor law students are admitting the fact that the legal market has changed significantly.

The folks who gave us “So You Want to be a Lawyer?” follows up with “So You Want to Get a PhD in the Humanities?”

Charles Murray argues that the Tea Party is right to complain about out-of-touch elites.

Glenn Reynolds “The Higher Education Bubble, and What Comes Next” lecture at Clemson (video).

Michelle Rhee is stepping down as chancellor of DC’s school system by “mutual consent” with the newly elected mayor.

If everything you know about Islam comes from Pam Geller and Christianity from Christopher Hitchens, you’re doing yourself a grave disservice.

Boston University and Northeastern have found that there is life after football. Shouldn’t most schools follow their lead?

Has modern life robbed America’s youth of their ability to think? Or simply caused them to think in different ways about different things?

Three lives intersected last week at Rutgers University, but one person didn’t make it out alive.

President Obama’s recent comments about the D.C. Public Schools should raise a few eyebrows.

The earnings gap between those with and without a college education continues to grow. But this masks other realities.

For the first time ever, white students do not make up a majority among freshmen at the University of Texas at Austin.

Bryan Caplan argues that the fact so many kids in the developing world don’t go to school proves that education isn’t very valuable.

A rule allowing only white students to run for class president at a Mississippi middle school has been quickly changed after the Internet brought attention to it.

Despite raking in billions of dollars in television, ticket, and licensing revenues, all but 14 of the 106 schools in the NCAA’s top athletic division lost money in 2009. The median loss was over $10 million.

President Obama will be giving an address to schoolkids again this year. Stay tuned for the cries of “indoctrination !”

Washington Monthly ranks colleges “based on what they are doing for the country — on whether they’re improving social mobility, producing research, and promoting public service” rather than “wealth, exclusivity, and prestige.” Too bad they don’t hire that way.

Policy expert recommends driving off cliff!

Students entering college today have never worn a wristwatch and think email is slow.