Tag Archives: University of Kansas
Hearne: Investigative Reporter Karen Dillon Shoots Down KU’s $8.1 Million Jet
Once upon a time, this story would have been a front pager in the Sunday Kansas City Star… And frankly, that’s still where it still should have appeared. Instead the newspaper of record in Kansas City laid off its top investigative reporter in … Continue reading
Valentine: The Cost of Higher Education
Higher education is so expensive… Our leaders all express concern over student debt. Condoleezza Rice said access to education is, ”the civil rights struggle of our day.” President Obama says we should tax “The Rich” to pay for Community College … Continue reading
Hearne: Journal World Shoots Arrow at Roy Williams, KU Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little
Remember that line about walking softly and carrying a big stick? That’s hardly the case in Lawrence, Kansas where the walking is almost always pretty darn soft and the size of the stick is not only small, it’s all but invisible. That’s … Continue reading
Posted in Hearne_Christopher
Tagged Bernadette Gray-Little, ESPN, Paul Wilson, Roy Williams, University of Kansas
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Sutherland: Is Elite Education Poison Ivy?
Six years ago, William Deresiewicz, a former Yale professor and literary critic, wrote a very cogent and thought-provoking essay, “The Disadvantages of an Elite Education.” Last month, he followed up on his original diagnosis, expanded on it with further observations, and … Continue reading
Posted in Dwight D. Sutherland, Jr.
Tagged Harvard, Princeton, University of Kansas, William Deresiewicz, Yale
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