(Southbendtribune) Fallout continues from the spring controversy over the University of Notre Dame awarding an honorary degree to President Barack Obama, who supports abortion rights.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops went behind closed doors at their fall meeting Wednesday to discuss, among other issues, what action they should take to increase oversight of the nation’s [...]

(From the NAACP website) On November 17th, Lenny Springs joined Financial Student Aid (FSA) as Senior Advisor to the Chief Operating Officer for Traditionally Under-Resourced Schools. Springs will work with the Education Department and FSA leadership, and will provide support to traditionally under-resourced colleges and universities, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), members of [...]

In a nearly party line vote, Congressional Democrats decided you don’t need a bank to get a college loan…you need Uncle Sam.  According to the AP the vote broke down as follows:
A “yes” vote was a vote to pass the bill.
Voting yes were 247 Democrats and 6 Republicans.
Voting no were 4 Democrats and 167 Republicans.

(Associated Press) WASHINGTON – “The House voted Thursday in favor of the biggest overhaul of college aid programs since their creation in the 1960s — a bill to oust private lenders from the student loan business and put the government in charge.
The vote was 253-171 in favor of a bill that fulfills nearly all of [...]

(Michelle Malkin)”They think we’re crazy. “They” are the sneering defenders of Barack Obama who can’t fathom the backlash against the president’s nationwide speech to schoolchildren next Tuesday. “We” are parents with eyes wide open to the potential for politicized abuse in America’s classrooms.
Ask moms and dads in Farmington, Utah, who discovered this week that their [...]

(Fresnobee.com)”A black education professor who was suspended last year after he joked about shooting his students has filed a race discrimination lawsuit against administrators at California State University, Fresno.
University records show Parks once received glowing evaluations for his teaching style. But in the fall of 2007 students started telling administrators that he laced his lessons [...]

What do you read between the lines of Harvard’s spreading MBA oath?

Preamble

As a manager, my purpose is to serve the greater good by bringing people and resources together to create value that no single individual can build alone. Therefore I will seek a course that enhances the value my enterprise can create for society over [...]