Diploma Mills get All Technical

The latest Do Not Enter sign posted in the college parking lot is directed at the country’s “con du jour,” the diploma mill. The shakedown artists that were selling you investment opportunities from the Grand Caymans last year are now peddling bogus college degrees...

"IN YOUR DREAMS!"

Cindy was sitting next to a man while riding the city bus, he started to ask her questions. She responded politely but got up and moved to another seat when he tried to place his hand on her knee. When she sat down in another seat, he followed her but remained standing...

Punish ragging like rape, says MCI; Govt unsure

When did ragging changed from fun to cruelty? We were ragged by our seniors and we have ragged our juniors. It was fun and we came to know each other through ragging. Even faculties support this kind of ragging to a certain point. But some recent news about ragging in...

Too Much Government? Affirmative Action Bake Sale at Purdue

Students belonging to the Purdue University chapter of the Conservative Coalition for American Values held an unusual type of bake sale on February 25, 2009.  In an attempt to illustrate how universities use...

Top filmmaker slams the UK press

Marc Wadsworth - The-Latest - EXCLUSIVE David Puttnam: beware of press 'scare stories'Oscar-winning filmmaker David Puttnam has attacked the British popular press which he has accused of telling lies to scare people about new age developments in education. The Labour peer and...

Sen. Graham and Bob Conley will debate on ETV/C-SPAN Saturday, Oct. 11 at 8 p.m.

Note:  Politisite will be covering the Debate Live at ETV.  We will live blog on NowPublic and Iron Mill News Service.  The reason this debate is so important is that Sen Graham is a possible...

Palin attended 6 colleges in 6 years

After a successful appearance at this week's Republican National Convention, the credibility of Sarah Palin continues to be put under scrutiny.  Over a six year period Senator Palin, then known by her maiden name of Heath, attended six different colleges.The Associated...

Is It Possible To Teach Experience? European Researchers Say Yes

Can experience really be taught? If so it can, how? This article tells us -"The interactive software has caught the imagination of world-class business colleges in the USA and elsewhere and it has prompted enormous interest in Europe’s leading corporations. ChangeMasters...

Interactive website for high school students and colleges

" Zinch is an interactive website for high school students and colleges. It is also a good tool for students and parents alike to find out more about a particular school. Any high school student in the world, free of charge, can create a comprehensive online profile to help...

Top Colleges For Getting Rich

If earning a lot of money is high on your list of priorities as a college student, then here's a list to be familiar with when considering your school of choice.  PayScale.com has compiled a list of U.S....

A Perpetual Student Pursues Education to the Nth Degree

"Benjamin B. Bolger's story seems like a hoax. At age 32, he says, he has just earned his 11th advanced degree: a doctorate that Harvard University awarded him on Thursday.Mr. Bolger's unlikely story has another twist: He is dyslexic. "

Medical Research? Be an Informed Participant

Ms. Harriet A. Washington, having been a fellow in ethics at the Harvard Medical School, a fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health, a senior research scholar at the National Center for Bioethics at Tuskegee...

Barriers when transferring credit

" A study done by the Office of Program Policy Analysis & Government Accountability (OPPAGA) an office of the Florida Legislature found that students encounter barriers when transferring credit from non-public institutions to community colleges. Non-public colleges...

The Partnership Between Gov't, Business and Genetic Research

The field of genetic research has been an expanding and growing field for several decades. Since the completion of the mapping of the human genome, which was announced in 2003 as a result of the partnership...

New Web site for college students to partying across Indiana

Fresh from the first party at Indiana State last week, the crew from BuddyUniversity.com, are now gearing up to party at Ball State University. BuddyUniversity.com, a new college social networking site,...

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