Category: Education

Student debt’s macroeconomic shock

Click here to view this email in your browser. February 25, 2023 A NOTE FROM OUR EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ALYSON SHONTELL Next week, the Supreme Court will begin hearing oral arguments in two cases challenging President Joe Biden’s federal student loan forgiveness plan. The outcomes of the cases—Biden v. Nebraska […]

The Tremendous Waste Writing College Papers

As many educators and professionals would agree, essays are not the most effective means of testing students’ skills. They often fail to demonstrate a student’s practical knowledge and hands-on abilities, which are essential in many fields. Instead, practical assessments such as laboratory experiments, case studies, or hands-on projects […]

The University as a Community

David Pan Contrary to expectations, the word university does not refer to universalism but derives from the medieval Latin universitas, which referred to “a society, company, corporation, or community regarded collectively.” David Westbrook brings us back to this idea of the university as a community in his response […]

Take a Bow, Columbia Journalism Review

The venerable watchdog publication breaks legacy media ranks with a massive rebuke of Trump-Russia coverage. Interview with the report’s dogged author, Jeff Gerth Matt Taibbi 11 hr ago The Columbia Journalism Review stunned many last Monday by publishing “The Press Versus the President,” a 24,000-word autopsy of press […]

Are Universities Doomed?

By Victor Davis Hanson, Daily Signal In a famous exchange in the “The Sun Also Rises,” Ernest Hemingway wrote: “How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually, then suddenly.” “Gradually” and “suddenly” applies to higher education’s implosion. During the 1990s “culture wars” universities were […]

Activism as Education

By David Pan  Telos This week we have released a podcast interview with J. E. Elliott, who discusses his recent article, “Brand English and Its Discontents: Situating Truth and Value in the University Today” in Telos 200. I discuss with him the way in which activism has become the focus […]

Evening News: November 14, 2022 Epoch Times-Appeals Court Rules Against Biden Administration’s Student Loan Forgiveness Program

November 14, 2022 TODAY IN HISTORY Herman Melville publishes “Moby-Dick” 1851 TOP NEWS Judiciary Appeals Court Rules Against Biden Administration’s Student Loan Forgiveness Program Share*             READ MORE Cryptocurrency Relationship Among FTX, Ukraine, and Democrats Sparks Speculation Share*           […]