Inappropriate attire, excessive use of cell phones, poor quality of work, and foul language are just a few of the reasons 65 percent of U.S. hiring managers gave for firing college graduates who had recently started their first job.
• https://www.activistpost.com, Victor Davis Hanson
Elite universities push for federal funding while ignoring legal and ethical obligations, fueling public distrust as they prioritize ideology over academic rigor and free speech.
In Let Colleges Fail: The Power of Creative Destruction in Higher Education, Richard K. Vedder delivers a timely, incisive, and much-needed diagnosis of America's bloated and increasingly dysfunctional university system.
"We've got $1.7 trillion in student debt on the books and we've got 7.6 million open jobs right now - most of which don't require a 4-year degree," says a frustrated Mike Rowe in his ubiquitously velvetty tones.
• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Victor Davis Hanson
We've talked about higher education before, but now it's come into sharper focus with the Trump administration's deadlock with Harvard University over its unwillingness or inability--whatever term we like to use...
While left-wingers are lamenting President Trump's threats against Harvard University to terminate or reduce its federal dole, I myself have no sympathies whatsoever for the school.
The Trump administration has directed the Internal Revenue Service's top legal official to consider revoking Harvard University's tax-exempt status, according to the Washington Post, citing three people familiar with the matter.
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