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College Makes Students More Liberal, but Not Smarter About Civics Read this on the publication's site
Chronicle of Higher Education  |  While many graduates of American colleges cannot answer basic civics questions, a higher education does make their opinions more liberal on controversial social issues, according ... | More...
The Big Lie About the 'Life of the Mind' Read this on the publication's site
Chronicle of Higher Education  |  A year ago, I wrote a column called 'Graduate School in the Humanities: Just Don't Go,' advising students that grad school is a bad idea unless they have no need to earn a living ... | More...
Foreign student visas to be slashed, Alan Johnson announces Read this on the publication's site
Telegraph  |  Alan Johnson, the Home Secretary, is bringing in tougher rules, including demanding that applicants be able to speak passable English and banning those enrolling for short courses ... | More...
Sikh schoolchildren should be allowed ceremonial daggers, says Britain's first Asian judge Read this on the publication's site
Telegraph  |  Sir Mota Singh QC spoke out after a number of Sikhs were refused entry to schools and other venues because they were wearing the Kirpan or other religious artefacts. | More...
The town where schoolchildren speak 150 languages Read this on the publication's site
Telegraph  |  The Government described the number of languages and dialects spoken by pupils in Reading, Berks - uncovered in a survey by the local authority - as "extraordinary" and conceded ... | More...
Record university applications put places at risk Read this on the publication's site
Telegraph  |  University leaders fear that almost a third of students could be left without a course as budget cuts result in a freeze in the number of new places. | More...
Brown gets a record 30,000 applicants Read this on the publication's site
Boston Globe  |  Getting into Brown University is tougher. Officials at the Ivy League school say they have received a record 30,000 applications for 935 remaining slots in next fall's freshman ... | More...
For UC's Commission on the Future, nothing is off the table Read this on the publication's site
Los Angeles Times  |  With California's public university system shackled to a shrinking budget, a group of chancellors, students and others considers ideas -- from banal to radical -- to keep quality ... | More...
Protect the pursuit of knowledge | Antony Lerman Read this on the publication's site
Guardian Unlimited  |  If all sectors of the economy must share the burden of cuts, except schools and hospitals, state funding for universities must be slashed too. | More...
We need a solution to fund part-time students Read this on the publication's site
The Independent  |  As the country's two leading part-time providers of higher education, The Open University and Birkbeck are coming together to inform the review about a significant part of the ... | More...