Archive: Education

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly from Our Nation’s Report Card
Students' scores suggest that American education is not beyond repair, but it is backsliding at great cost.
Kristiana Bolzman | November 26, 2019
Will the Courts Rein In Collegiate Race/Gender Pandering?
American University in Washington spent $121 million on “diversity” initiatives in 2018 and 2019.
Richard Vedder | November 19, 2019
Do University Stores Rip Off Students?
Prices of surveyed goods were significantly higher at the university store than at Wal-Mart or Kroger.
Richard Vedder | November 14, 2019
Detroit Right to Literacy Ignores the Potential of School Choice
Choice in education is the more efficient way for students to achieve literacy.
Kristiana Bolzman | November 12, 2019
Miss Virginia and the Political Realities of Public-School Reform
Miss Virginia gets the most important elements of the struggle for private school vouchers right.
Samuel R. Staley | November 10, 2019
Admissions Lawsuit: Harvard’s Ahead, but It’s Not Over
The Harvard lawsuit could go either way but the battle is not confined to one front.
Richard Vedder | November 7, 2019
Why Are There So Many Marginally Employed PhDs in English?
The biggest problem is that schools keep taking big new Ph.D. classes despite the limited demand for those occupations.
Richard Vedder | November 3, 2019
Academic Freedom Does Not Depend on Federal Grants
Freedom to discuss or teach controversial subjects has not and should not depend on government financial support.
Kristiana Bolzman | October 28, 2019
The New Campus Housing Bubble
A concerning number of student housing mortgages are either delinquent or approaching delinquency.
Richard Vedder | October 25, 2019
College Sports: Students Be Damned
Students took precisely the opposite position of the NCAA on almost all relevant issues.
Richard Vedder | October 21, 2019
Intellectual Gerrymandering: ‘E Unum Pluribus’ on Campus
Merit and individual accomplishment are downplayed, group identity emphasized.
Richard Vedder | October 17, 2019
California Wants to Teach Your Kids that Capitalism Is Racist
It is difficult to comprehend the depth and breadth of the ideological bias and misrepresentations without reading the whole curriculum.
Williamson M. Evers | October 12, 2019