February 24, 2012

MTC: A Funny Book about Worthless Degrees

Charlotte Allen

"Here are some [college] degrees that cost you roughly $30,000 in tuition, their much cheaper replacements, and the savings you'd realize:                   Degree                                  Re......

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March 20, 2012

MTC: Bollinger: Free Speech, Except on His Own Campus

KC Johnson

In a recent interview, Columbia University president Lee Bollinger was asked whether the Hazelwood standard of student speech should be applied to colleges and universities. (Hazelwood gave high-scho......

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January 27, 2012

MTC: Ex-Justice: Civil Rights Act 'Poorly Considered'

John S. Rosenberg

When Justice John Paul Stevens retired from the Supreme Court in 2010 ABC News noted that over the course of his 34 years on the Court he "became a hero to liberals[,]  voting to ... uphold af......

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January 4, 2012

MTC: A Test Where 'Good" Means 'Terrible'

J.M. Anderson

As a dean at a rural community college in Illinois, I recently served as a judge for a history fair for seventh and eighth graders at a local school--an assignment that involved a real surprise. When......

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