This is the time of year when students are being shocked about the sticker price of college tuition. But there is a lot more than price that they ought to be pondering when they select their college and their courses. Here is some timely … [Read more...] about Timely Advice to College Students
Confrontation with Clinton over National Testing
President Clinton thinks he's on the popular side in drawing a line in the sand about his plan for national tests. He's wrong; he has misjudged the issue. Senator John Ashcroft has taken up the challenge, promising a filibuster. He already has 26 … [Read more...] about Confrontation with Clinton over National Testing
Feminist Assault On Reasonableness
Now that women are attending law schools in greater numbers, feminists are turning up as law school professors, law review writers, state legislators, congressional staffers, prosecutors, law clerks, and even judges. The result is … [Read more...] about Feminist Assault On Reasonableness
Open Letter to VMI Alumni
Dear Alumni: Your VMI training not only taught you to be tough, courageous and honorable, but also to survive humiliation and harassment. You are now facing your greatest challenge. You've lost a major battle. Are you going to be survivors, or … [Read more...] about Open Letter to VMI Alumni
Books About What’s Going On At Colleges
Those who just learned about the dumbing down of our best colleges from the slashing report of the National Association of Scholars should do their homework by reading some of the excellent books written during the last several years. Allan Bloom's … [Read more...] about Books About What’s Going On At Colleges
The Dumbing Down Of America’s Colleges
The 1996 Governors Education Summit at Palisades, New York, spent two days discussing "standards" for what students should learn in public schools. Longtime American Federation of Teachers president Al Shanker gave this concept a reality check. He … [Read more...] about The Dumbing Down Of America’s Colleges
The Dumbing Down of America’s Colleges — April 1996
The Dumbing Down of America's Colleges Finally, a prestigious group of college professors has come right out and said that the emperor (i.e., the Imperial University) has no clothes. Many have long suspected that college education has been … [Read more...] about The Dumbing Down of America’s Colleges — April 1996
Colleges Should Display Warning Labels — April 1994
Clinton’s National Servitude Bill
President Clinton's national "servitude" bill is a misguided effort which promises to make it easier for young people to afford college. Mounting evidence suggests that we are sending too many of them to college already. At least 35 percent of … [Read more...] about Clinton’s National Servitude Bill
It’s Time to Defund Campus Radicalism
The California State Supreme Court stood tall for the First Amendment when it ruled last month that the University of California at Berkeley may no longer force students to pay student activity fees that are spent to fund political groups or to … [Read more...] about It’s Time to Defund Campus Radicalism
