Archive for the ‘Education’ Category

Bankruptcy Options for Student-Loans??

March 10 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Education, Obama, Socialism, The Left, US Debt

Another MAJOR ‘wealth transfer’ from taxpayers, to non-payers. An absolute crock… ======= By Josh Mitchell And Katy Stech March 10, 2015 12:17 p.m. ET WASHINGTON—The White House said Tuesday it is weighing whether to make it easier for Americans to discharge student loans through bankruptcy, a major change that would effectively open the door for student debt being treated on par with credit-card debt... Read more

Colleges Need a Business Productivity Audit

December 29 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, Education

And you would think universities would be leading the effort to figure this out. Not. =========== By Frank Mussano And Robert V. Iosue Dec. 28, 2014 6:54 p.m. College tuition rates are ridiculously out of hand. Since the late 1970s, tuition has surged more than 1,000%, while the consumer-price index has risen only 240%. The percentage of annual household income required to... Read more

Here Come the Child-Care Cops

December 27 | Posted by mrossol | Education, Losing Freedom, Social Engineering

At the White House’s early-childhood-education summit on Dec. 10, President Obama highlighted two new federal competitive-grants programs: the Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships, aimed to increase the availability of high-quality infant and toddler care, and the Preschool Development Grants, which are meant to expand preschool programs in disadvantaged communities. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell and Education Secretary... Read more

The High Cost of Unfree Speech on College Campuses

December 27 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Education, Politically correct, The Left

Some good stuff. === How many salaried counselors, deans and lawyers does it take to prohibit the distribution of copies of the U.S. Constitution on campus? WSJ Dec. 21, 2014 3:07 p.m. Regarding your editorial “Unfree Speech on Campus” (Dec. 13): Recently, at the University of Michigan, one conservative Muslim student was suspended from the establishment paper, The Michigan Daily, and had his door... Read more

Daily Doses From the Harvard Classics

December 27 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Education, Personal Development, Western Civilization

Pursuing a liberal education with disciplined attention to Cicero, Swift, Hume and others on the ‘five-foot shelf.’
For... Read more

How Urban Meyer Took the Buckeyes to School

December 8 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Education, Sports, Technology

Very interesting. And its very hard to argue with UM’s approach/style after watching Saturday’s game: nothing short of ‘speechless’. ========== By Jonathan Clegg Ever since he arrived in Columbus three years ago, Ohio State coach Urban Meyer has set about finding the most efficient ways to educate his players about the intricacies of his high-powered offense. What he hit upon is an approach that... Read more

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