Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Survives Initial Legal Challenges

Opponents lose at the district and SCOTUS level in opening salvos.

Mastriano Under Fire From Colleagues and Mentors

A former dissertation advisor and two Army War College professors are speaking out against the gubernatorial candidate.

Ben Sasse to Leave Senate to Become Florida President

The Nebraska Republican got an offer he can’t refuse.

Legendary Chemist Fired for Being a Hard Grader

A complicated case out of NYU.

Pandemic Crushed Learning

Academic performance has fallen to the lowest level in decades.

Anti-Zionism Isn’t Anti-Semitism

Many young, progressive Jews are feeling unwelcome in young, progressive circles.

Obama’s Top Economist Opposes Biden Debt Relief Plan

An unlikely source argues that it’s too big and poorly targeted.

Student Debt Relief is Expensive

A proposed $10,000 writeup would cost more than $300,000,000,000.

Diploma Mills Forced to Forgive $6 Billion in Student Loans

Phoenix, DeVry, and other scam colleges have reached a settlement.

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More Police In Schools Is NOT The Answer

An example of security theater with proven negative social impacts

Princeton Fires Creepy, Lying Professor Who Happened to be Conservative

There’s much more to the story than meets the eye.

Plagiarized News Reports

Another journalist has been fired for a cardinal sin.

More on Florida’s Higher Ed “Reform”

Pointless change that will increase costs and create confusion.

Florida Abolishes Professor Tenure

Because they’re indoctrinating the youth with their biased agendas and liberal, unfactual diastribes.

Is this Cancel Culture? (Unicorn Edition)

An irregualr, ongoing series.

Protesting the New Superintendent

An odd kerfuffle in local education politics.

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Life Ain’t Fair, College Edition

The SAT is a poor measure of college aptitude but it’s better than most others.

Forced Masking to Protect the Most Vulnerable

Parents of disabled kids have successfully sued to mandate masks in schools.

Are the Teachers Quitting?

The plural of anecdote is not data.

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The Onion is Right Again: Black History Month & CRT-Bans Edition

I’m shocked, shocked, to find that this is happening here.

Ilya Shapiro’s Inartful Tweet

Outrage over the outrage is outrageous.

Public Schools vs The Public

The pandemic seems to have broken the social contract.

The End of Snow Days?

The serendipitous day off may soon be a thing of the past.

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Doctoring Ain’t All it’s Cracked Up to Be

The rat race of becoming a physician and maintaining one’s license is more intense than popularly understood.

Vaccine Mandates Aren’t Cost-Free

Kids are getting caught in the crossfire of the fight over COVID shots.

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The College Admissions Rat Race

An interesting argument, albeit about a tiny and vastly over-discussed segment.

ODU Prof Out After Minor-Attracted People’ Backlash

Academic freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose.

College Enrollments Down

Another effect of the pandemic.

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Pronouns and Probabilities

Should uncertainty be the default position?

Yale Can’t Take a Joke

A party invitation going terribly wrong.

The Collegiate Gender Gap

Women are increasingly dominating American higher education.

Timeline Ripped Out of Arkansas Yearbook

When “the news” isn’t just “the news.”

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The Law School Bubble Has Burst

Mediocre legal education doesn’t pay.

Alabama, Disney, and the Quest to Be a National University

The cost of raising a university’s profile.

Who Decides American History?

Legislatures and school boards politicize what our kids are taught.

The Master’s Degree Scam

Most aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on.

Howard Hires Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Coates

UNC’s loss is the nation’s most prestigious HBCU’s gain.

NCAA Approves ‘Name, Image, Likeness’ Rights

College athletes are now free to cash in on their fame.

‘Conservatives’ and Critical Race Theory

New York Times columnists are not a representative sample.

Educational Diversity and Structural Racism

Critical race theory rears its ugly head yet again.

Florida’s Campus Speech Law

Ron DeSantis and friends are afraid of higher education.

Student Barred from Graduation for Wrong Shoes

An outrage was averted by an act of kindness.

Nikole Hannah-Jones Suing for Tenure at Place She Doesn’t Work

A truly bizarre controversy at Chapel Hill.

How Long Should the Dead Rule?

Should wills have an expiration date?

The Politicization of Math Class

The least controversial subject in school is suddenly controversial.

Florida Mother-Daughter Face Jail for Stealing Homecoming Election

A typical case of American blind justice.

Growing Up Too Slowly?

If the younger generation seems to be maturing later, there are good reasons.

Ultra-Orthodox Schools Teaching Ultra-Orthodoxy

An odd complaint from parents who voluntarily send their kids to religious schools.

Did the Boomers Ruin America?

An interesting but uneven debate.