Liberal Arts on Townhall

• Oberlin College Celebrates 'Year of the Queer' Tue Nov 13
  Cortney O'Brien
• Hamline University: Closed Hearts, Closed Minds, and Closed Doors Tue Dec 20
  Mike Adams
  Hamline University is not a liberal arts college as it claims to be. It is an illiberal arts college that has just disgraced itself in the national court of public opinion. Former Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer was hired to teach at the school but then abruptly canned by those who did not want even a single high-profile conservative faculty member. ... more
• 100-year-old artist donates works to Goddard Thu Nov 3
  AP News
• ROTC programs return to Ivy League universities Sun Oct 23
  AP News
• Women making slow, sure strides in science, math Sat Oct 22
  AP News
• Most colleges not ready to ask about LGBT status Thu Oct 13
  AP News
• How Wall Street is responding, or not, to protests Tue Oct 11
  Reuters News
• Sarah Lawrence College ranked as priciest in U.S. Tue Oct 11
  Reuters News
• New tool will give clearer picture on college cost Thu Oct 6
  AP News
• Occupy Wall Street Plays Perfect Game Tue Oct 4
  Jeff Carter
  Ah yes, the Obama campaign team is hard at work. Occupy Wall Street would like a totalitarian government and an Obama reelection or retention by other means. That fits nicely with the Roseanne Barr statement about guillotines and re-education camps. This must be the new tone. ... more
• Something is Missing Wed Jul 13
  Paul Greenberg
  For the past year, I've had a fine old time getting into it with various educators of the more credentialed kind over whether the classic liberal-arts curriculum at our great universities should be preserved intact. ... more
• The Golden Days Are Over Wed Jul 6
  Mike Shedlock
  Before any project can be economically viable, labor costs must be addressed, and that is exactly why we need to scrap Davis-Bacon and all prevailing wage laws. We also need to eliminate collective bargaining of public unions, preferably getting rid of public unions in entirety. ... more
• Chronicles of Higher Education Tue Jul 5
  Paul Greenberg
  Higher education keeps getting lower. And not just in this state, where the core curriculum at the University of Arkansas' campus at Fayetteville is being hollowed out. ... more
• Where the Jobs Are Tue Jun 28
  Rachel Marsden
  I can logically, albeit somewhat politically incorrectly, answer the question of why I'm not cut out for the manufacturing industry. But the fact that men who are fully equipped for it aren't gravitating to this wide-open job market is baffling and problematic. ... more
• Does Entrepreneurship Trump College? Fri Jun 10
  Daniel Forrester
  At what point does the cost to acquire a college degree exceed its benefits? Can business acumen be sculpted in young minds through immersive experiences outside of formal classroom settings? ... more
• Education and Its Discontents Thu Jun 2
  Paul Greenberg
  "Yes, it would take ingenuity, perseverance and, most of all, a faculty that still believes in liberal education." ... more
• Bailin' on Palin Wed Jun 1
  Rich Galen
  Sarah Palin is a great personality. She was not a good Governor of Alaska, she was not a good candidate for VP, and she will not even attempt to be a candidate for the Republican nomination for the 2012 election. ... more
• Why College is Not For Everyone Mon May 30
  Katie Kieffer
  Peter Thiel is rocking the boat of higher education. The libertarian entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and co-founder of PayPal is sending liberal college administrators into a tizzy with his latest push to encourage young innovators to ditch college for two years and pursue entrepreneurship. ... more
• How Obama's Alma Mater Treated an Iraq War Vet Thu Mar 3
  Larry Elder
  "Racist!" shouted some Columbia University students at an Iraq War vet. Other students reportedly "hissed and booed." Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who spoke at Columbia three years earlier, received better treatment from the audience. ... more
• A Fair Look at For-Profit Higher Education Thu Feb 3
  Wendell Cox
  Much has been said and written lately about “for-profit higher education” – in large part because the U.S. Department of Education is expected to soon publish so-called “Gainful Employment” rules that would place de facto mandates on who these schools can teach and what they can be taught. ... more
• Requiem For a Patriot Tue Jan 4
  Pat Buchanan
  "Conservative Tycoon ... Dies at 95," said the New York Times headline on New Year's Eve about the death of Roger Milliken. Clearly, the headline writer did not know the man. ... more
• In Defense of the Liberal Arts Thu Dec 16
  Victor Davis Hanson
  The liberal arts face a perfect storm. The economy is struggling with obscenely high unemployment and is mired in massive federal and state deficits. Budget-cutting won't spare education. ... more
• Closing the Doors to Opportunity Fri Nov 12
  Linda Chavez
  The Obama administration thinks it knows best how to run health care, the banks, and the auto industry, so why not post-secondary education? ... more

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