The Irony of One Man's Anger

Justin John Boudin, a 27-year-old man from Minnesota, pleaded guilty to fifth-degree assault charges for violently losing his temper. Here's the irony: ...

"Dangerous Minds": Choosing Hope

Dangerous Minds is based on a true story about high school teacher LouAnne Johnson (played by Michelle Pfeiffer) making a difference in the lives of troubled ...

Boys Doing Better in Social and Academic Circles

Research collected by the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics and the National Center for Education Statistics shows boys have improved ...

Campus Counselor Shares Professional Frustrations

In the 2006 book Unprotected, an anonymous campus psychiatrist writes:

Radical politics pervades my profession, and common sense has vanished. Dangerous ...

Recent Converts View Biblical Miracles with Awe

Mark Galli tells the following story in his book Jesus Mean and Wild:

A group of Laotian refugees who had been attending the Sacramento church I pastored ...

Research Finds Anti-Evangelical Bias on Campuses

The Institute for Jewish and Community Research surveyed 1,200 professors from a cross-section of colleges, seeking "their attitudes toward various religions." ...

Sparking the Flame of Knowledge

Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire.

—William Butler Yeats, poet and dramatist, 1865–1939

Oldest College Grad

When Alexandra Ochs, 21, walks across the graduation platform at Fort Hays State University to accept her diploma, the next person in line will be her ...

Goals of "Generation Next"

What is "essential" in the mind of the typical college freshman? An extensive survey conducted by the Higher Education Research Institute found that 85.8 ...

University of Florida's Sports Budget in Perspective

$69 million: The University of Florida's athletic department budget for the 2006-07 academic year. The Gators won their second straight men's basketball ...