Tag: Higher Education

"Diversity of opinion" apparently means different things to different people. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

College student thinks ‘diversity of opinion’ requires ‘not tolerating’ conservative views

Joel Gehrke · February 14, 2014 5:00 am

Unable to find jobs in their fields, many recent college grads have become coffee show baristas. AP Photo

New York Fed: College grads face crummy jobs; nearly 1 in 4 work part-time

Paul Bedard · February 5, 2014 5:00 am

A previous Congressional Budget Office report estimated the government will pocket an additional $185 billion in profits on new student loans made over the next 10 years. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Conn. US senators blast student loan profits

Associated Press · February 1, 2014 5:00 am

Education Secretary Arne Duncan looks on as President Obama talks to students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Va., in September 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Reducing College Costs

Linda Chavez · January 31, 2014 5:00 am

A California professor is assigning his political science students a text he co-wrote that calls al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden a "freedom fighter" and the United States a "neocolonial power." (Photo: Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

Tenured radical professor calls Osama bin Laden a ‘freedom fighter,’ U.S. a ‘neocolonialist power’

Charles Hoskinson · January 30, 2014 5:00 am

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, center, meet with, from left, White House Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Attorney General Eric Holder, and Executive Director of the White House Council on Women and Girls, Tina Tchen, who is also the Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, to discuss the Council on Women and Girls. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama targets college sexual assault epidemic

Nedra Pickler · January 22, 2014 8:57 pm

Davidson Foundation gives $4.35M to U. of Mich.

Davidson Foundation gives $4.35M to U. of Mich.

Washington Examiner · January 22, 2014 9:15 am

Jindal proposes boost to higher education funding

Jindal proposes boost to higher education funding

Melinda Deslatte · January 21, 2014 10:08 pm

University of Texas system: No financial return on MyEdu investment

University of Texas system: No financial return on MyEdu investment

the-texas, reeve-hamilton · January 21, 2014 5:00 am

No cellphones during high school tests

No cellphones during high school tests

Washington Examiner · January 20, 2014 3:50 pm

Millennials voted for Obama in droves in 2008 and 2012, but they are finding less to like about him now as they struggle with education costs and finding jobs. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Millennials unhappy with Obama’s war on the young

Michael Barone · January 19, 2014 5:00 am

President Barack Obama speaks about the economy and jobs and manufacturing, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Obama urges action on expanding college access

Jim Kuhnhenn · January 16, 2014 5:58 pm