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Writing Off An Education

In American Thinker Christopher Chantril writes May 25, 2008US Can’t Pass English 101Excerpt: Since we are worrying about “larger implications” let us escape from the bell jar of liberal thinking and wonder why it is that after a century and

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The Purpose of an Education

“In our desire to make sure that our children learn to “adjust” to their environment, we have given them insufficient opportunity to acquire the knowledge that will enable them to master their environment.” “In our attempt to make education “fun”,

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The Next Credit Bubble

In a price update letter from Corey Steel, CEO Paul Darling described abuses in the student loan market. Student loans comprise an 85 billion dollar market, small compared to the mortgage market. Colleges promote certain lenders for fees and consideration.

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Where Else Would You Hold a Course about YouTube?

A college teaches a course about YouTube. The entire course is taught on YouTube. check it out: http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/2007/10/youtube-101.html This site is run by Karl Fisch who produced the popular “Did You Know” video also called “Shift Happens” which has been

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Learning about Education

From the Opinion Journal Political Diary – July 9, 2007 “The eight Democratic presidential candidates assembled in Washington recently for another of their debates and talked, among other things, about public education. They all essentially agreed that it was underfunded

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