Education
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How Twitter is Corrupting the History Profession
Social media once held great promise as a means of facilitating scholarly exchange. Unfortunately, academics themselves are becoming some of its worst actors.
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Want to End Book-Selling Scams? Stop Relying on Copyrights
Outdated intellectual property (IP) laws severely restrict the production of books and material that should be easily accessible to the public.
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There’s a Growing Number of College Graduates Owing Nearly Half a Million Dollars
As politicians continue to promise privileges in exchange for votes, by telling Americans they have a “right” to education, we forget to see this problem for what it is: the result of a lack of personal responsibility.
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Democrats Want to “Fix” Student-Loan Crisis by Exacerbating It
With more student forgiveness and “free college” policies in-store, presidential candidates are sure to make a government-created mess a catastrophe.
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How a Leftist Echo Chamber Became the New Norm on Campus
A new study of student attitudes about socialism and capitalism provides strong confirmation of the echo chamber effect taking hold in the humanities.
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How Universities Misuse Donor Dollars
A philanthropist donated $5 million to create professorships in Austrian economics. The university used it to hire faculty in other fields.
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Student Loan Forgiveness Is Bad Policy
The benefits of higher education fall almost entirely on the recipient. So should the costs.
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What Rightward Shift in Higher Ed?
A new Urban Institute report claims that conservative philanthropy has shifted higher education to the right in the past 50 years. The empirical evidence says otherwise.
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Like the Soviet Economy, American Higher Education Is Collapsing
The question is not if, but when and how reforms will come.
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The Astonishing Mess of Academic Publishing
Every step of academic publication is fraught with practices that would drive away the customer base of any other industry. Is there a better alternative?
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How Twitter is Corrupting the History Profession
Social media once held great promise as a means of facilitating scholarly exchange. Unfortunately, academics themselves are becoming some of its worst actors.
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•
Want to End Book-Selling Scams? Stop Relying on Copyrights
Outdated intellectual property (IP) laws severely restrict the production of books and material that should be easily accessible to the public.
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•
There’s a Growing Number of College Graduates Owing Nearly Half a Million Dollars
As politicians continue to promise privileges in exchange for votes, by telling Americans they have a “right” to education, we forget to see this problem for what it is: the result of a lack of personal responsibility.
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•
Democrats Want to “Fix” Student-Loan Crisis by Exacerbating It
With more student forgiveness and “free college” policies in-store, presidential candidates are sure to make a government-created mess a catastrophe.
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•
How a Leftist Echo Chamber Became the New Norm on Campus
A new study of student attitudes about socialism and capitalism provides strong confirmation of the echo chamber effect taking hold in the humanities.
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•
How Universities Misuse Donor Dollars
A philanthropist donated $5 million to create professorships in Austrian economics. The university used it to hire faculty in other fields.
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•
Student Loan Forgiveness Is Bad Policy
The benefits of higher education fall almost entirely on the recipient. So should the costs.
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•
What Rightward Shift in Higher Ed?
A new Urban Institute report claims that conservative philanthropy has shifted higher education to the right in the past 50 years. The empirical evidence says otherwise.
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•
Like the Soviet Economy, American Higher Education Is Collapsing
The question is not if, but when and how reforms will come.
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•
The Astonishing Mess of Academic Publishing
Every step of academic publication is fraught with practices that would drive away the customer base of any other industry. Is there a better alternative?