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Los Angeles Times: The “Unentitled Kids”: California’s New Generation of College-Bound Stars

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7January 5, 2022January 6, 2022

January 5, 2022January 6, 2022044

Teresa Watanabe wrote a wonderful story about kids in a public school in Los Angeles who are college-bound, despite their demographic profiles. They don’t have...

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Capital & Main: Scholars Who Study Unions Are Harassed

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7December 16, 2021December 17, 2021

December 16, 2021December 17, 2021067

This part of Capital & Main’s examination of union busting reviews the targeting of academics who study labor by corporate critics. It was written by...

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Niall Ferguson: Higher Education is Hopelessly Left-Wing, So We Are Starting a New College

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7November 23, 2021November 24, 2021

November 23, 2021November 24, 2021059

Niall Ferguson is a historian who has been a professor at Oxford, New York University and Harvard. He is now at the Hoover Institution, a...

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US Supreme Court Rules that Indiana University May Require Vaccinations

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7August 12, 2021August 13, 2021

August 12, 2021August 13, 2021068

What a relief! The conservative Supreme Court sided with Indians University’s demand that all students must be vaccinated. The New York Times reported: WASHINGTON —...

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Mercedes Schneider on the Reporter Who Broke the Story About the UNC and Nikole Hannah-Jones

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7July 11, 2021July 12, 2021

July 11, 2021July 12, 2021062

Republicans have whipped up a frenzy in the states and in the conservative media that they control about “critical race theory.” They are blowing up...

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Who Should Pay for College?

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7June 13, 2021June 14, 2021

June 13, 2021June 14, 2021062

In recent decades, states have reduced their subsidies to institutions of high education, shifting the financial burden to students and families. After World War II,...

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If You Love Public Higher Education, Fight for It

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7December 26, 2020December 27, 2020

December 26, 2020December 27, 2020083

I posted a delightful article by Jennifer Raab, President of Hunter College, celebrating the importance of public higher education, which has provided opportunity to so...

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Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus: It’s Called Public Education

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7December 25, 2020December 26, 2020

December 25, 2020December 26, 2020062

This is a beautiful article by Jennifer Raab, president of Hunter College, which is part of the City University of New York. It appeared in...

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Brianna Keillor Takes Down Marco Rubio for Mocking Education

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7November 30, 2020December 1, 2020

November 30, 2020December 1, 2020091

After President-Elect Biden announced his new national security team, a group of experienced, highly competent professionals, Senator Marco Rubio mocked them in a tweet, mostly...

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Mitchell Robinson: How to Make America Great

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7November 12, 2020November 26, 2020

November 12, 2020November 26, 2020069

Mitchell Robinson, a professor at Michigan State University, has advice for state Democratic parties about their message to voters. He suggests what they need to...

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