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Education Archive

Archives for December 2017

The Big Idea
There is no 1st Amendment right to speak on a college campusThere is no 1st Amendment right to speak on a college campus
The Big Idea

What almost everyone gets wrong about the campus free speech debate.

By Robert C. Post
Politics
This grad student says her professor harassed her. Her life changed. Did his?This grad student says her professor harassed her. Her life changed. Did his?
Politics

Karissa Fenwick says her university’s response to her harassment report was insufficient. She’s not alone.

By Anna North
Politics
I’m a grad student. Here’s how the GOP tax bill makes student loans even more expensive.I’m a grad student. Here’s how the GOP tax bill makes student loans even more expensive.
Politics

The bill will discourage people from pursuing higher education.

By Kristofer Holz
Technology
Learning about Silicon Valley in the 1970s is ‘like watching the Big Bang,’ historian Leslie Berlin saysLearning about Silicon Valley in the 1970s is ‘like watching the Big Bang,’ historian Leslie Berlin says
Technology

Berlin’s new book, “Troublemakers,” tells the stories of seven men and women who made the tech industry what it is today.

By Eric Johnson