Essays about Texas

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Friday, September 25, 2020

Don't just do something, stand there! Another flawed plan to solve the student-loan crisis

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 "When someone tells me he's a Christian businessman," my former law partner once observed, "I put my hand over my wallet...
Monday, September 14, 2020

Did colleges engage in a bait-and-switch scam to maximize revenues during the coronavirus pandemic?

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According to a recent article in the Washington Examiner , American universities lured students back to campus this fall by deceptively prom...
Wednesday, September 2, 2020

Do college leaders make too much money?

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Every year, the Chronicle of Higher Education publishes its Almanac, which is crammed with answers to questions that college professors car...
Sunday, August 30, 2020

Guns are more dangerous than they used to be: Don't carry a pistol

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Back in 1987, Mr. Bob and Miss Smitty, beloved family elders, traveled to Memphis, Tennessee, to see an exhibition of ancient Egyptian artif...
Saturday, August 29, 2020

COVID-19 is disrupting American higher education: That's a good thing

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The coronavirus pandemic hit American higher education like a Cat 5 hurricane.   Virtually all colleges and universities shut their campuses...
Thursday, August 27, 2020

Colleges urged to go test optional: We don't need no stinkin' standardized admission tests!

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More and more colleges are admitting new students without requiring them to take a traditional standardized admissions test: the ACT or SAT...
Thursday, August 20, 2020

Google says you can skip college: Uh-oh!

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Universities have been whistling past the graveyard for years, Ignoring the signs of rot in their industry, they just rolled along through t...