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Tag Archives: college students

Nude Adult Models, William Bennett, Common Core, Rotten Teachers, Apples, Robert Frost

I had originally begun politely with a news hook quoting William J. Bennett on the common core, and will return to it, but as things are in our society, I think the following will give the common core more publicity: As reported by Eric Owens, education editor of The Daily Caller, in “Common Core is…

September 30, 2014 in Academic Freedom, Faculty, Undergraduates.

Online Education: The Great American Class Divider

Here we go again.  And there’s more.  Corinthian Colleges, after having dashed any academic hopes of its students, is now also accused of predatory lending.  That the wake and fiasco continue should come as no surprise, as online education continues to be the equivalent of fast food in many instances–too convenient and advertised with the…

September 20, 2014 in Ethics, Faculty, For-Profit Institutions, Undergraduates.

Rotten Teacher's Apple: The Common Core

In a recent opinion piece by William J. Bennett in the Wall Street Journal, “The Conservative Case for a Common Core,” with an unfortunate double-entendre title that misfires, one statement makes good sense:  “Nearly all Americans agree that to prepare a child for civic responsibility and competition in the modern economy, he or she must be…

September 18, 2014 in Academic Freedom, Faculty, Undergraduates.

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