Tag: education
There’s news today that major private banks are refusing to give loans any longer to students at community colleges and at “less prestigious” universities. Led (not surprisingly in m
The Course: SSCI 102: Reading and Writing in the Social Sciences.The Content: Survey of contemporary, peer-reviewed social science articles and monographs; discussion of basic research methods and ana
Anthony Infanti at Feminist Law Profs has got a great post up about the decision of the President of San Jose State University to ban blood drives on campus. Why? Because the FDA’s refusal to ac
If you can ignore the truly inane comments (with your usual dose of lady-shaming and -blaming), it’s worth checking out this article on the Denver Post’s website, reporting on a request at
This op-ed in today’s Washington Post recycles all the unpersuasive anecdotal and statistical complaints usually raised by conservatives when moaning about the liberal bias in higher education. The
It’s no surprise at this point to learn that the prison door is revolving. Recent studies show that up to 2/3 of those recently released from prisons are rearrested within three years. Recidivis
As a follow-up to the debate that various TAPPEDers and ex-TAPPEDers are having with respect to conservertarian claims about the efficacy of school vouchers, this from Justice Stevens’s dissent
From Slate’s XX Factor: Following the kerfuffle over birth control for the Hanna Montana set, health officials in Portland, Maine, have agreed to report “all illegal sexual activity involving
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