Academic

Reynolds: Further Thoughts on the Higher Education (and Law School) Bubble
Glenn Reynolds (Tennessee), Further Thoughts on the Higher Education Bubble (Washington Examiner): Assume that I?m right, and that higher education -- both undergraduate and graduate, and including professional education like the law schools in which I teach -- is heading for a major correction...

Glenn Reynolds is right about the higher education bubble.
See here.

Ryan on Restoring Progressivity in the Tax and Spending Programs for Higher Education
Kerry A. Ryan (St. Louis) has published Access Assured: Restoring Progressivity in the Tax and Spending Programs for Higher Education, 38 Seton Hall L. Rev. 1 (2008). Here is the Conclusion: Attending college is more important and more expensive than...

Approval of Gay Marriage Is Greater Among College Freshmen Than Americans at Large
Chronicle of Higher Education: "College students who describe themselves as politically 'far right' arrive on campuses across the country supporting legal same-sex marriage significantly more than do conservative Republicans nationwide, according to new data released by the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles...

Institute Releases The Role of Rankings in Higher Ed Policymaking
The Institute for Higher Education Policy has released The Role and Relevance of Rankings in Higher Education Policymaking. Here is part of the Executive Summary: Debates over the use of college rankings are often framed in binaries: ardent advocates versus outright rejectionists, rankers versus rankees...

Who needs animal lawyers most, ALF or higher education
The Animal Liberation Front remains active on college campuses, as this story from last fall illustrates.From the Chronicle of Higher Education

Network Solutions and ICANN
allegedly registers searched domain names to prevent others from selling and forces customers to pay expensive fees.

Alta College
Settles False Claims Allegatiions for $7 Million

Department of Education Fraud
$4.25 million settlement to be paid in whistleblower lawsuit.

Racist Voicemail
Stamford Board of Education pays student $37,500 settlement after failing to protect her from racial discrimination.

Music Teacher
College of the Desert agrees to $660,000 discrimination and retaliation settlement.

School Misrepresentation
Lehigh Valley College agrees to pay $200,000 settlement for violating consumer protection laws.