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1 in 5 Can’t Name an Author, New Survey Finds 0
- Culture
- March 1, 2017
Last fall, Pew Research found that 27 percent of Americans had not read a book in the preceding year. Unfortunately, our friends across the pond aren’t much better in this respect. According to a 2014 survey, roughly 26 percent of adults in Great Britain admitted to not reading and finishing a book for pleasure. One
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Two Branches of Government Are All We Have Left, Scholar Says 0
- Education
- March 1, 2017
We learn in elementary school that the American federal system is divided into three equal branches: the legislative, executive, and judicial. But is that still the case? Mickey Edwards, a former Congressman from Oklahoma who spent 13 years teaching government at Harvard and Princeton, says no. Here is what he wrote in a recent
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Ash Wednesday Faux Pas: ‘Professor, you’ve got dirt on your forehead.’0
- Culture
- March 1, 2017
Back in college, I worked the snack bar for a few years. As it was a very small, liberal arts college, there was only one. You met a lot of people, saw your friends, and served your professors. Aside from making milk shakes, I enjoyed the work. I’ll never forget one Wednesday when my literature
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Joe Biden’s New Job at Penn is a Mystery 0
- Education
- March 1, 2017
Earlier this month, the Daily Pennsylvanian reported that former Vice President Joe Biden had officially been named a professor at Penn under the title of “Benjamin Franklin Presidential Practice Professor.” There was talk that Biden would lead “the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement” from Washington, D.C. The Penn Biden Center doesn’t exist
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School Reform is Missing a Key Ingredient 0
- Education
- March 1, 2017
The last several decades have seen Americans wake up to the fact that their schools are failing. Nowhere is this more apparent than in student performance on national and international tests. Such results have caused American educators and policy makers to flounder around trying to find a way to set American students back on track;
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Selling Higher Education Is Much Sleazier Than Selling Used Cars 0
- Culture
- February 28, 2017
In a previous life, I worked in sales. But not just your everyday, run-of-the-mill brand of sales: I worked in a sleazy industry that championed predatory lending practices and distorted the pricing of its lackluster product, which often sent my clients spiraling down a rabbit hole of debt. And to make matters worse, this entire
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