Outside the Beltway

The major you choose in college will have an impact on your future.

Copy specific phrases and buzzwords from the job posting into the résumé and build them into the bullet points.

It would be nice if people in power would be a bit more introspective and thoughtful.

We’re literally choosing locking up drug offenders over investing in our children.

The old have most of the money and power in our society, a trend that is accelerating.

The man who killed Trayvon Martin has been expelled from junior college because he’s so controversial.

David C. Levy argues college professors at teaching universities are overpaid because they don’t put in enough hours.

Seven of the top ten and fifteen of the top twenty universities on the planet are American.

A man who has three degrees from three public universities considers the President of the United States a “snob.”

Reading journal articles, so you don’t have to.

A study of religiosity and young adults found that those who attend college are actually less likely to experience religious decline than those who do not attend college.

The MLA is pushing to guarantee adjunct professors $40,000 a year.

Contrary to myth, the USA is still a major manufacturing power. But the factory has changed radically.

Most people forget most of what they learn in school. Should we call the whole thing off?

The speech did exactly what it was supposed to do: kick off Obama’s re-election campaign while disguised as a call for unity.

Newt constantly lays claim to the title “historian” and asserts it as evidence of his insights and as a qualification for office. As such, the quality of the claim matters.

A dwindling proportion of students are majoring in STEM fields. They’re likely making the wise choice.

It’s the 5% versus the 1% moreso than the 99% against the 1%.

Increasing taxes on the rich may be a fiscal policy worth talking about, but it won’t make the poor richer.

The Feds fired Monster and now USAJobs is a disaster

Some on the right are giving Occupy Wall Street and The 99%’ers a second look.

Thinking about some of the claims of the 53%.

A consultant for would-be academics, says she wouldn’t have a job if professors would do theirs.

62 percent of 21-year-olds aren’t in college.

The idea that students raised in the Information Age are therefore savvy about information is a dangerous but pervasive myth.

Contrary to myth, the college classroom is a rapidly evolving place.

Most students need remedial classes. Whose fault is that?

Texas Governor Rick Perry got lousy grades as an undergrad at Texas A&M. Does it matter?

Perry has a combo of Tea Party populism and establishment going for him.

It’s the marketing of college as a panacea that’s a scam, not college itself.

The Obama Justice Department is siding against historians trying to protect the confidentiality of their sources.

The draft ended in 1973. It’s effects still linger today.

A new study indicates that college degrees lead to higher wages even in fields that do not require a degree.

A new study shows that college students who take late classes drink more alcohol.

Do ideologically radical professors impose their biases on their students?

Your major matters. But not as much as simply having a degree.

Is the college curriculum too heavy in humanities and social sciences and too light on science and mathematics?

Academic publishers want to end the Fair Use of scholarly journal articles in the classroom.

The state of Arizona is seeking donations for construction of the border fence.

While elite schools confer many advantages on their graduates, they also wall them off from normal people and create an entitled, out-of-touch elite.

America’s war colleges have some problems but we can’t close them.

An increasing number of bright observers are questioning the notion that everyone needs to go to college.