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“If you had a 17-year-old son or daughter, would you send your kids to an Ivy League school today?”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 22, 2023 26 Comments

That is the question I talked about on a special report by Mike Slater on The First TV: "That's a troubling question that 2, 3, 5 years ago, nobody would've asked, you go for the degree, you go for the name on your resume. But...

New York Post: Harvard Covered for Claudine Gay Before the School Investigated Plagiarism Allegations

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 22, 2023 32 Comments

Through powerful lawyers, Harvard told The Post that the claims against Gay were false before it even started the investigation....

Temple University Police Reportedly Threatened With Sanctions for Pushing Clothing Drive for the Needy

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 22, 2023 8 Comments

"The conflict is the latest in a series between the Temple University Police Association and administrators at the Philadelphia school."...

All-Girls St. Mary’s College in Indiana Backtracks on Plan to Allow Trans Women to Enroll

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 22, 2023 3 Comments

"Some worried that this was much more than a policy decision: they felt it was a dilution of our mission or even a threat to our Catholic identity."...

Claudine Gay is Getting a Pass That Would Never be Given to Students at Harvard

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 21, 2023 21 Comments

"In 2022, Harvard’s Honor Council heard 138 academic integrity cases, according to the Harvard Crimson."...

Harvard President Gay Requesting Three Corrections to Dissertation After School Found More ‘Duplicative Language’

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 21, 2023 50 Comments

"Gay will also update citations in her dissertation to a 1990 paper by Lawrence Bobo and Franklin D. Gilliam — the same correction she requested for her 2001 article."...

Is the Higher Ed Bubble Finally Bursting?

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 21, 2023 8 Comments

"many employers now see a college degree as a negative rather than a positive"...

UPenn Faculty Warn of ‘Hostile Takeover’ as Trustees and Donors Take Action Over Anti-Semitism on Campus

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 21, 2023 75 Comments

"The undersigned faculty members of the University of Pennsylvania unambiguously reject the view that the Board of Trustees, the Schools’ Boards of Advisors, alumni, or donors should determine Penn’s academic priorities or governance policies."...

Study Finds Fewer Men Are Enrolling in College, Especially 4-Year Programs

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 21, 2023 10 Comments

"Today, only 39% of young men who have completed high school are enrolled in college, down from 47% in 2011."...

Congress Investigation Into Harvard to Include Plagiarism Allegations Against President Claudine Gay

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 20, 2023 30 Comments

The House Committee on Education and Workforce has decided to include allegations of plagiarism against President Claudine Gay in its investigation into Harvard. The investigation started due to the school's horrible reaction to the antisemitism on its campus. Gay now faces around 40 allegations of plagiarism in...

Dept. of Education Investigating Drexel University for Alleged Anti-Semitism

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 20, 2023 0 Comments

"Drexel University is committed to ensuring a safe, inclusive and welcoming environment for all of our students, faculty and professional staff."...

Analysis: 19 Hate Crime Hoaxes on College Campuses in 2023

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 20, 2023 5 Comments

"The tally marks an increase from last year, during which there were at least 14."...

Teacher Union President Randi Weingarten: School Choice ‘is About Undermining Democracy’

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 20, 2023 76 Comments

"They have not one thing that they offer as a solution other than privatizing or voucherizing schools which is about undermining democracy and undermining civil discourse and undermining pluralism because 90% of our kids go to public schools still"...

Swarthmore College Faculty Members ‘Deeply Concerned’ About Academic Freedom of Pro-Palestinian Activists on Campus

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 20, 2023 9 Comments

"We are alarmed by the use of such tactics at a time when academic institutions should reaffirm their commitment to free speech."...

More Plagiarism Allegations Unveiled Against Harvard President Claudine Gay

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 19, 2023 56 Comments

The cases allege "Gay quoted or paraphrased authors without proper attribution," including "missing quotation marks around a few phrases or sentences to entire paragraphs lifted verbatim....

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