Topic: Academia

Stat of the Day

Only 58% of Kids Go to the Colleges They Most Want to Attend

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There's some sour news today for high schoolers who just finished their college applications.

By Erik Hayden

Jul 22, 2010

Op-Ed Spotlight: The Conservative Case for National School Standards

The federal government grows, but schools get less wishy-washy

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By Max Fisher

Jul 6, 2010

8 Theories on Why College Kids Are Studying Less

Nope, technology isn't one of them

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By Michael Kinsley

Jun 16, 2010

Editor at Large

The Envelope, Please

How to console a teenager who didn't get into his top school

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By Heather Horn

Jun 1, 2010

When Drowning in Debt for College Doesn't Pay Off

When is it time to head to a cheaper school?

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By Benjamin F. Carlson

May 29, 2010

How Bad Does It Look for the Class of 2010?

Depends on how much they like bunking with their parents

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By Heather Horn

May 18, 2010

Fabulist Who Fooled Most of Harvard Stuns Bloggers

Is anyone actually checking those applications?

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By Heather Horn

Apr 27, 2010

The Ivy League, on Wall Street or the Supreme Court

Examining an intimate--perhaps too intimate?--connection

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By Nicole Allan

Feb 10, 2010

Critics Slam Bank Lobby for Stalling Student Loan Reform

Pundits say this is actually a one-sided issue

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By Heather Horn

Jan 5, 2010

How to Keep College Relevant

When it's all about jobs, jobs, jobs, what's a college degree worth?

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By Heather Horn

Dec 2, 2009

Spatwatch

No, You're the Dilettante!

Gladwell and Pinker tussle over IQ, quarterbacks, and racism

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By Heather Horn

Nov 29, 2009

What's Going to Happen to Textbooks?

Are e-readers the solution to absurd textbook pricing, or is a third path likely to open?

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By Heather Horn

Nov 23, 2009

Is Wall Street Stealing Our Rhodes Scholars?

The American secretary for the Rhodes Trust points to a trend in career choices

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By Heather Horn

Nov 20, 2009

Why the University of California Needs Saving

A 32% tuition hike prompts eulogies for the public university

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By Heather Horn

Nov 11, 2009

What to Do with Nazi Philosophers

A book calling to purge German philosopher Martin Heidegger from the canon gets intellectuals all fired up

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By Heather Horn

Nov 3, 2009

Remembering Claude Lévi-Strauss, Academic Giant

Anthropology theorist Claude Lévi-Strauss dies at 100

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By Heather Horn

Nov 3, 2009

How Much Dough Is Too Much Dough for College Presidents?

The compensation wars spill onto college campuses

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By Heather Horn

Oct 29, 2009

College: Easier To Get Into Than You Think

An economist publishes a provocative new study, with fascinating implications for the higher education and tuition debates

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By Heather Horn

Oct 27, 2009

Screed

'Heidegger's Faux Tyrolean Wardrobe'

Carlin Romano rips philosopher Martin Heidegger a new one

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By Heather Horn

Oct 19, 2009

Spatwatch

SuperFreakonomics on Global Warming

The sequel to best-selling book Freakonomics ignites a multi-blogger brawl

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By Heather Horn

Oct 19, 2009

Pros and Cons of Blitzing Through College

A senator thinks the three-year option could help both students and schools alike

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By Heather Horn

Oct 13, 2009

Lavishing Praise on the Economics Nobel Prize Winners

Economists celebrate practical research and the elevation of Elinor Ostrom, the first woman to win

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By Heather Horn

Oct 12, 2009

Screed

Nobel Prize for 'Dark Art'

Fortune's Stanley Bing tees off on economists and their coveted award

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By Heather Horn

Oct 12, 2009

Good Question!

What Should We Call the 'Nobel' Economics Prize?

The economics prize is given out by the Swedish Central Bank, not the Nobel committee

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By Benjamin F. Carlson

Oct 9, 2009

America Slips in Rankings of World Universities, Fretting Abounds

Yale fell behind Cambridge while Asian universities made gains. Let the hand-wringing over educational decline begin.

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By Heather Horn

Sep 10, 2009

Debating Dropout Rates

David Leonhardt blames public universities for poor economic growth. Business bloggers respond, discussing educational inequality.

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By Heather Horn

Sep 8, 2009

Is "Harvard Fashion" An Oxymoron?

Bloggers question the taste of the new Harvard menswear line, in more than one way

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