- Shades Of Red
From time to time, I would like to write about colleges and universities from the perspective of studying Rutgers University, my alma mater and school I know best I have earned two degrees from Rutgers and formed successful professional relationships with university administrators - Shades Of Red, Part 2
Still curious about Rutgers-Nebraska comparisons, I stumbled on a short biography of former Nebraska football coach Tom Osborne in a book I just finished called 100 Heroes: People in Sports Who Make This a Better World
It led me to collect a little more information about this Hall of Fame coach, which I’d like to share with the online audience - One Look At Excellent Colleges
This fall, as numerous college rankings hit the bookstores, I was curious to find an answer to the question: “What is an ‘excellent school’” after a parent, prospective student or college recruiter sifted through all of this material - SAT Optional Schools Not Always Easy Schools
It has been 30 years since I was a high school senior, but I had to take the SATs just as 11th and 12th graders do now I did okay, but not good enough to get into my two first choice schools - Romney Can’t Take His Mitts Off Human Relations Education
Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has fired two salvos on sex education since July, attacking Democratic candidate Barack Obama for his support of age-appropriate, medically accurate sex education for elementary school children, then going after the broader Democratic field for not rejecting the inclusion of gay-related issues in sex education for second-graders - The Abstinence Teacher Gets An 'A' In My Grade Book
Tom Perrotta and I have two things in common: New Jersey roots and novels about sex education; his latest work, The Abstinence Teacher is the only other novel, besides my own, The Sex Ed Chronicles, that I have read which covers a subject that is still considered taboo in some social circles
The Abstinence Teacher has two main characters: Ruth Ramsey, a divorcee' and high school sex educator who makes one inappropriate comment too many, drawing the ire of the evangelical Tabernacle church and its hell for leather Pastor Dennis, and Tim Mason, a former stoner and rock n' roller, also divorced, turned born-again Christian and doting soccer dad - Human Relations Education Once Considered 'Communist Plot'
Going back to 1980 to write The Sex Ed Chronicles required me to return to the 60's and 70's to get the political setting just right Until I started my research, I did not know that sex education had been considered part of a 'Communist plot - Colleges Make Web-Based Response To College Rankings
Americans love rankings; educated consumers want to know what's the best on the market for autos, electronics, airline services, and hotels among other things Educated businesspeople take high rankings seriously, loudly shouting independent praises through their advertising - Tales Of Two Harvards
Journalist Hanna Rosin has written God's Harvard, a wonderful book about Patrick Henry College, a Christian school that its chancellor calls "a Harvard for the home-schooled"
Rosin, who has covered religion and politics for the Washington Post, has crafted an insightful — some of more moderate or liberal political persuasions might find scary — story of a relatively new institution, one that has a mission of preparing an "evangelical elite" for political leadership - An Honor Roll, Not A Watch List, For Colleges
Members of Congress on the House committee on education have come up with an absolute bonehead idea: to publish a "watch list" of schools that have increased tuition at rates higher than inflation
I am surprised when members of the House speak of reigning in college costs with measures such as this, when they fail to do the same for health care - Rutgers To Reorganize Alumni Association For The Better
From time to time, I write about Rutgers, the state university I know best Rutgers is a very good school; U - The Rutgers 1000 Is Baaaack!
I have lived in New Jersey practically all of my life
The Garden State has been in fiscal crisis practically all of my academic life and my working life - What Happens When There’s No Public School Choice?
I marveled at the size of Trenton Central High School when I toured the facility on a public tour
It is 380,000 square feet; to put that in perspective, imagine three anchor stores in a suburban shopping center stacked one atop the other - Should TV Bring Back Room 222?
Every profession could use a good TV show to help it flourish in tough times With No Child Left Behind, maybe teachers need one more than ever - A Federal Match Makes College More Affordable For Scholarship Students
As 2007 drew to a close, four of the nation's most selective colleges: Harvard, Duke, Swarthmore and Pomona, all announced plans to revamp their financial aid policies by replacing loans with grants Other institutions, most notably Princeton and Columbia, had already implemented similar plans - Reading Is Fundamental Does Not Deserve A Reduction In Force
On February 12, the true Lincoln's Birthday, I read in USA Today that the Bush Administration proposes to eliminate Federal funding for Reading Is Fundamental (RIF), a non-profit program that has distributed 325 million new books to more than 30 million children over the past 42 years
RIF has been a popular program on both sides of the political aisle - Summit On Faith Based Schools More Powerful Than Money
During his final State of the Union Address, President Bush announced two proposals for faith-based schools; one, a grants program for low-income students similar to Pell Grants for college students, and the other a national Presidential summit on faith-based education
The summit is more important than the grants program - Want To Teach Intelligent Design? Put It In A History Class
In 1980, the Reagan Revolution meant not only a reconsideration of sex education, but also a reconsideration of the theory of evolution Back then, the alternative theory was called creationism or scientific creationism; today it's called intelligent design - The Cristo Rey Model Is More Than A Dream
Shortly after I heard about President Bush's proposal for Pell Grants for low-income children to attend parochial schools, I finished reading More than a Dream: The Christo Rey Story, a inspirational book about the founding of the first Christo Rey Jesuit high school in Chicago's Pilsen/Little Village neighborhood - Chased Away From Student Loans
On April 16, JP Morgan/Chase Manhattan, the bank that recently worked with the Fed to acquire the former Bear Stearns investment bank, announced that they will not be making student loans to entering or continuing students enrolled at schools that have a poor repayment rate Yet their spokesperson refused to mention the schools that would be affected by the announcement - Chased Away From Student Loans — Some More Digging
On April 17, I checked my inbox and found a message from a reader who had read the previous day's column on the JP Morgan/Chase decision to discontinue lending to schools with historically low repayment rates
I had pointed out that Chase's spokesperson refused to list the affected schools, but that borrowers deserved to know - A New Jersey Student Government Election Made For The Screen
This day, April 29, 2008, I spot a front page headline in my local New Jersey paper, The Trenton Times that reads: Students kept off ballot: District to explore race factor while rescheduling vote Our local races for school board took place last week, so I thought this was an aftermath - A Student Government Election Made For TV - The Sequel
This day, May 6, 2008, I spot a front page headline in my local New Jersey paper, The Trenton Times that reads: Ewing HS vote is void a second time - The Basics Of The Student Loan Mess
These past weeks there has been talk in the higher education press about private lenders and state guarantee agencies either withdrawing from the government-subsidized student loan market or refusing to underwrite new loans These financial institutions cite either a cash crunch or a credit crunch, or reductions in the federal interest subsidy as the reasons for pulling back on such loans - Caleb's Choice
During the last weekend in April, West Point cadet Caleb Campbell was drafted to serve in a different Army He was selected in the seventh and final round of the National Football League (NFL) draft - Merit Scholarships Should Be Earned Not Handed Out
I've read about the decisions of flagship state universities to increase merit-based, not need-based scholarships to the best-of-best students, the ones who might have chosen an Ivy League school, or other highly selective private college
This is not an academic strategy as much as it is an economic development strategy; state politicians do not want the best students to take their talents out of state, and possibly never return - More Guidance Counselors Would Help More Children Get Ahead
Before becoming a writer, I spent ten years marketing Web-based job posting and resume tools to college career centers One outcome of this experience is that I gained considerable appreciation for career counselors and guidance counselors at the high school level - Should The High School Military Test Be A Mandatory Test?
High school students interested in serving in our armed forces must take an entrance examination called the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) The ASVAB is used to not only assess a recruit’s aptitude for military service, but also help identify their Military Operational Specialty — service-speak for job — if they choose to serve - Comics For Extra Credit - Part 2
My first post about comics as an educational aid generated an interesting response — from the managing director of Classical Comics, a comic book company in the United Kingdom Not to be confused with Classic Comics, often teasingly referred to as a study guide for college literature classes here in the State, Classical Comics turns classical literature into high-quality visual graphic novels - Endowment Tax is Unsound Public Policy
I just read in the May 19 Christian Science Monitor that a Massachusetts legislator proposes a 25 percent tax on college endowments over $1 billion
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