From Campus Progress, an interview with David Horowitz. A Princeton University student who is a member of a conservative campus group admitted to police that he fabricated an assault that he said had occurred Friday (and more and more). From Inside Higher Ed, how to cut PhD time to degree: The key may be changing faculty behavior, not just grad student behavior. A look at how scholars link up Facebook with data. An article on how computer-free students find life hard without them. How to get into Harvard: A study finds that certain high schools have a remarkable record of sending their students to elite colleges. Brown University announces it will give a $10 million endowment to local public schools to atone for its involvement in the slave trade, but reparations alone will not address the ongoing segregation of the American education system. Pennsylvania and Illinois have made early childhood education a priority; can other states — and Washington — learn from their example? Teaching toughness: More on Tough Liberal: Albert Shanker and the Battles Over Schools, Unions, Race, and Democracy by Richard Kahlenberg.
