Washington Monthly ranks colleges “based on what they are doing for the country — on whether they’re improving social mobility, producing research, and promoting public service” rather than “wealth, exclusivity, and prestige.” Too bad they don’t hire that way.
Harvard has overtaken Princeton to retake the top spot in the US News college rankings.
General Stanley McChrystal has been hired to teach leadership at Yale.
The concentration of policy wonks in the Washington-New York-Boston corridor produces skewed analysis.
It’s time for the Gingrich For President speculation to begin again.
Yesterday’s ruling by a federal judge declaring the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional is likely to collapse on appeal.
Law schools are artificially raising student grades, sometimes retroactively, to make them more competitive on the job market.
America may be the land of opportunity but it helps to have a head start in the rat race.
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