Last week we reported on the dropping enrollment at Mizzou. The school will make up the 16.6-million-dollar deficit loss in revenue from low enrollment by raising tuition on the students who did enroll, and by dropping non-tenured faculty and support staff.
The beautiful city of Kent, Washington is situated in the heart of the Seattle-Tacoma Metroplex, surrounded by an economic engine supported by Boeing, R.E.I. and Oberto (exceptional sausage jerky), and fueled by an upper middle class of citizens who recycle everything fathomable, drive hybrids, and dream of saving humanity. What appears shiny and tempting on the outside is harboring a rotting core of leftist hypocrisy that has shattered the dreams and hard work ethic of a small group of high school students.
Millions of New York families will now be getting free tuition. The New York State Senate passed a tuition-free college program on Monday, proposed by Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) earlier this year. The problem is, it’ll cost everyone a lot more than they thought — and not just money.
For eighteen consecutive years, U.S. student loan debt has risen, and there are no signs of it slowing down.
Turns out the academic equivalent of the NCAA tournament’s elite eight is practically drowning in federal funds. Incredibly, they collectively receive more money on average from federal grants and contracts than 16 entire states.
The Department of Education might be finally getting a much-needed trimming. The White House recently released its federal budget proposal and the budget cuts to many departments has created the predictable media storm.
When DeVos came to the national stage in November, the left, still reeling from their tragic loss, scrambled to put dossiers together highlighting the thousands of reasons to reject this smart, savvy, eloquent woman who has been an ardent advocate for education for decades.
Would creating competition for public schools truly be beneficial? Is school choice a good idea? The answer is a resounding yes.
From what I’ve witnessed in class, it seems truth-tellers have a lot of work ahead of them.