Moreover, the Constitution crafted at the Philadelphia Convention is among the greatest, if not the greatest, governing document produced in history. If it was the child of a 'runaway convention,' then, given the crisis of our overreaching federal government, one is inclined to suggest that we have another.
From 1974-75 to 2012-13, tuition fees nationwide rose 138 percent in constant dollars at public four-year universities receiving state appropriations and nearly the same - 131 percent - at private universities getting little or no appropriations.
No surprise, another study finds that 27.3 percent of student borrowers are now in default on their loans.
Information technology has made the world new, and the new world has brought with it a new education-delivery system: online learning.
Thirty-six percent of students nationwide show little or no increase in their fundamental academic skills after four years invested in college.
And with greater misunderstanding usually comes heightened hostility. The new American Apartheid is upon us, courtesy of American education.
Professor Click was fired by the UM Board of Curators last Thursday. But it wasn't really the board that did her in. It was free markets — prospective students, their parents, donors, and alumni — expressing their displeasure with their checkbooks.
A recent Gallup nationwide poll, which asked respondents to choose among big government, big labor and big business, found that 69% of those surveyed identified big government as the 'biggest threat to America’s future.'
If you can somehow manage to go to school full time while holding down a job, there is less than a 15 percent chance that you’ll ever earn your degree.
A contemporaneous Pew study found that 57 percent of prospective students believe a college degree no longer carries a value worth the cost. Seventy-five percent of respondents deem college unaffordable.
Too many universities today do not 'challenge the norm.' They are the norm. And the elected representatives of the people are beginning to shout, 'Enough!'
A recent Gallup poll reveals that 61 percent of Americans report 'not very much' or no trust in the federal government's ability to solve domestic problems.