Dorso Column: Shirvani Leaving Means Little Will Change In Higher Ed
Since the wife and I were off to England and Normandy the higher education story has gotten even worse than...
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To Lower Crime At Colleges, Eliminate Underage Drinking Laws
I've long been an advocate for getting rid of age restrictions on alcohol consumption. By postponing the ability of younger...
A Father's Day Lament
Father's Day isn't quite the same as mother's day. Every year statistics, well-worn but still true, are cited to prove...
Absence Of Profit Motive Is Exactly What's Wrong With Student Loans
Senator Heidi Heitkamp is on a statewide tour aimed at ingratiating herself with college students by talking about the student...
Video: "Two Resisting Arrest Charges? I'm Done With Football"
A revealing, and at times poignant, video of NDSU football star Travis Beck in the back of a squad car...
One North Dakota Tribal College Has A 0% Graduation Rate
A lot of ink (or bandwidth, to update the term) gets spilled over the poor performance of North Dakota's eleven...
The Cost Of Student Loans Must Go Up
Last month House Republicans passed legislation which would tie interest rates on student loans to US Treasury notes, with a...
"We've Never Seen A Generation This Educated Also Be This Unemployed"
The quote above from from an Atlantic article about youth unemployment in the European Union. Not, thankfully, America. But still,...
Guest Post: Higher Ed Board Should Resign Along With Chancellor Shirvani
With the late breaking news this afternoon that the North Dakota Board of Higher Education has voted unanimously to buy-out Chancellor...
Half Of College Graduates Working Jobs That Don't Require Degrees
I graduated from high school a little over ten years ago, and what I remember of my discussions with teachers...
