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Students Need Hard-Core Truth for College Choices Aug. 08, 2014
As I ran to the lobby to make a phone call during the awards dinner at the National Association of B... Read More
Strange Brew
Jul. 09, 2014
Helping Recent Grads: How Much Financial Support Should You Give? Jul. 09, 2014
Dear Carrie: My 22-year-old son graduated from college this spring. Now he's struggling to find a g... Read More
Why America Is in Jeopardy Jul. 08, 2014
On page 563 of his latest biography, "John Quincy Adams: American Visionary," author Fred Kaplan (bi... Read More
I'm a Graduate of Janitor University Jun. 23, 2014
There is a movement afoot to make public colleges free for everyone. It's a small movement, but you ... Read More
Time of Her Life Jun. 13, 2014
The train from 30th Street in Philadelphia takes 22 minutes and transports a woman back in time. The... Read More
College for Everyone Is Not the Answer Jun. 06, 2014
A recent study estimated that getting a college degree is worth about a half-million dollars over th... Read More
Jargon Makes the Dean's List Jun. 04, 2014
Today, some random dispatches from the Word Front ... —Dean Speak — Benjamin Ginsberg's... Read More
Giving 'the Both' the Boot May. 28, 2014
Q: As a former English teacher (Is one really ever a former English teacher?), I am bothered by the ... Read More
A Young College Grad Calls My Show May. 27, 2014
JEFF: I wanted to respond to your question about America being feared in the world. You brought up S... Read More
America's Budding Tyrants May. 21, 2014
From the Nazis to the Stalinists, tyrants have always started out supporting free speech, and why is... Read More
Making College Affordable May. 16, 2014
There's a debate among economists about why a college degree is worth so much. That the credential i... Read More
Today's College Motto: Shut Up Already May. 15, 2014
First the censorious left went after Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the Somali-born critic of Islam's treatment of... Read More
Kangaroo Courts on Campus? May. 13, 2014
There seems to be a full-court press on to get colleges to "do something" about rape on campus. But ... Read More
Victims of Campus Rape Should Be Dialing 911 May. 08, 2014
If a 19-year-old high-school dropout raped by her ex-boyfriend wants justice, she calls the police. ... Read More
Of Kindergarteners and College Prep May. 01, 2014
A kindergarten in New York has canceled its end-of-the-year kiddie show in order to devote more time... Read More
Our Children, Our Dreamers Apr. 30, 2014
Show of hands, please: How many of us can remember a time in our childhood when we told our parents ... Read More
Andy Capp
Apr. 28, 2014
What Race Preferences Hide Apr. 25, 2014
Sonia Sotomayor is a wonderful role model. Truly. Through hard work, brains and rare self-discipline... Read More
Gift Books for the Whole Family Apr. 21, 2014
These books make fantastic gifts for all ages. With the topics of healthy foods, cats as Internet st... Read More
