AltWeeklies Wire
Right Wingers on Campusnew
At America's colleges, even the dangerously misguided have a right to be heard.
Boston Phoenix |
Kara Baskin |
10-21-2008 |
Education
Wiccans Go to Collegenew
Campus witches have no brooms, no bleeding goats. Just cookies. Sorry.
Boston Phoenix |
Sara Faith Alterman |
10-21-2008 |
Education
Are US Universities Selling Out to Oil Nations?new
The well-born-and-bred children of well-heeled oil billionaires no longer have to wander far from the royal palace to do some learning -- they can get an American degree right at home and big-name schools open campuses by the Persian Gulf.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
09-25-2008 |
Education
The Fight is On Over Teaching 'Intelligent Design' in Texas Schoolsnew
The basic fight is expected to be over what kids are taught about evolution -- which takes up only about three days of teaching in a 180-day school year. But scientists and teachers argue there are much bigger things at stake: the intimidation of teachers and the possible beginning of biblical beliefs being taught as science in Texas public schools.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Laurie Barker James |
09-05-2008 |
Education
Nashville School Resegregation Threatens a New Generationnew
The black-white educational achievement gap is already yawning in Nashville, and the city's black leaders are convinced a rezoning plan will exacerbate that.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
08-29-2008 |
Education
School, Virtually: Higher Education Gets a Second Lifenew
Professors shrouded in virtual alter egos may one day become commonplace as universities turn to online technologies to cope with increasing enrollment, decreasing budgets and a diversifying student body. Second Life by Linden Labs is the cutting edge of tools being tapped by academia. But new professorial cliches are the least significant of changes forcing scholars to take a critical look at where higher ed might be headed.
San Diego CityBeat |
Megan Burks |
07-23-2008 |
Education
Arizona Pols Play Politics with the State's Disabled Studentsnew
Governor Janet Napolitano signed off on scholarships for disabled and foster kids -- only to give them the ax two years later.
Phoenix New Times |
Sarah Fenske |
07-22-2008 |
Education
Is Temple Downsizing Its Connections to the Black Community?new
Temple University is moving its storied Pan-African Studies Community Education Program (PASCEP)--to a place that's a quarter of the size and features an outdated computer lab, practically no parking and no space for vendors, according to the PASCEP officials.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Ibram Rogers |
07-14-2008 |
Education
Turning Bikes into Wheelchairs for Some of the World's Neediest Peoplenew
Some students and recent graduates of Caltech and the Art Center College of Design have found a way to turn simple mountain bikes into inexpensive, effective and potentially lifesaving wheelchairs for disabled people in the world's poorest countries.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
07-08-2008 |
Education
N.C. Governor's School Under Pressure from Anti-Gay Groupnew
Tanya Olson, whose elective course on sexuality drew the ire of the Alliance Defense Fund, was denied a teaching position at Governor's School this summer after six years there.
The DREAM Act Might Be Dead, But These Kids' Hopes Are Notnew
They are American in everything but name. They can go to college in Texas and improve themselves. Doesn't matter. At the end of the day, they're just illegal immigrants without social security numbers or futures.
Houston Press |
Chris Vogel |
06-24-2008 |
Education
Virginia's Special Ed Crisis is Pushing Out the Ones Who Need it Mostnew
Adriana Long's case illustrates what happens when the special needs of one student meet headlong the harsh reality of a school system on a fixed budget that simply can't accommodate a growing population of students eligible for special education services.
Style Weekly |
Chris Dovi |
06-11-2008 |
Education
Huge Debt Loads Weigh Down Today's Graduatesnew
The dirty secret of today's economy is that the odds are stacked against the under-35 set. College graduates are hitting the books just to stay even with their parents’ economic performance. They’re paying more for less.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
05-28-2008 |
Education
College Immaterial for High School Students in Vocational Trainingnew
Good paying jobs, no huge loan burdens, exciting course work -- the new vo-tech attracts more and more hi-tech students.
Houston Press |
Todd Spivak |
05-21-2008 |
Education
John Yoo, the Torture Professornew
Why UC Berkeley should fire the legal scholar whose work led to Abu Ghraib and secret spying on Americans.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
05-14-2008 |
Education
