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Who Profits From the For-Profit College Industry? Let's Take a Look at Adtalem

Higher Education in the United States was once considered a civic activity intended to improve people's lives and benefit society....

University Foundation Accounts Are Basically Slush Funds for University Big Wigs

As a professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, I was often assigned to teach courses off campus. Would...

Thinking about getting a master's degree from a posh private college? Don't do it, buddy

Are you one of those poor schmucks who borrowed a lot of money to get a college degree that didn't...

A House Divided: Unless We Become Kinder and More Tolerant, America Will Collapse

Years ago, I read The Coming Fury, Bruce Catton's classic study of the United States on the brink of civil...

LSU Health Chancellor Makes $1.1 million year and Flies First Class: Who Says Higher Education Doesn't Pay Offf?

If you live outside the bunkers of academe, you may have a rosy view of our nation's colleges and universities....

Own a Piece of the American Dream: Buy Stock in the For-Profit College Industry

Fifty years ago, most Americans understood that education was a public responsibility. It was the community's job to operate good...

Unlicensed medical doctor who owes $650,000 in student debt is directed to pay 80 bucks a month for 25 years: "The law is an ass"

"If the law supposes that," said Mr. Bumble, squeezing his hat emphatically in both hands, "the law is a ass...

Would You Flip Burgers For $12 an hour? I Thought Not

I live near a Sonic Drive-In restaurant that has been closed lately during business hours. At first, I thought it...

US visa interview questions and answers

Please note: nothing contained in this article should be taken as visa advice, and you should do your own research...

The Middle Class is Shrinking, But You Already Knew That

In recent years, the Brooking Institution published a series of papers as part of its Future of the Middle Class...

Biden Administration Flirts With Student-Loan Debtors: Throw Me A Moon Pie, Mister!

Mardis Gras parades are an ancient tradition in New Orleans, going back to the eighteenth century. Social clubs called krewes...

Attention, Mr. and Ms. Middle-Class Americans: Corporate America Doesn't Give a Damn About You

You're a middle-class American, right? You have enough money in the bank to be a Chase Private Client, which entitles...