Has college become too easy?
(Mark Gail / THE WASHINGTON POST)
Over the past half-century, the amount of time college students actually study has dwindled from 24 hours a week to about 15.
Georgetown, George Washington draw commencement controversies
(Bill O'Leary / WASHINGTON POST)
Protests against Sebelius, Slim, show universities’ choice of graduation speaker can be fraught with political risks.
Howard graduate opening her own doors
(Nikki Kahn / Post)
Britney Wilson graduated Saturday from Howard University. As a student with cerebral palsy, she has faced some challenges, but they didn’t stop her.
Minutes, hours stolen at Georgetown University
(Mark Gail)
The clock hands on a tower at the university have vanished; tradition suggests student pranksters.
National Education
How ed policy is hurting early childhood education
A coalition of early childhood experts are speaking out about their growing concerns that new federal education policy is harming early childhood education and care.
A lesson in sticktoitiveness — an amusing commencement speech
Here’s the highly amusing commencement speech that award-winning director Garry Marshall delivered at Lafayette College, explaining the importance of sticking to something you believe in no matter what the obstacles. In Marshall’s case, obstacles included being fired once by a pupplet.
Ravitch: What is NCTQ? (and why you should know)
Education historian Diane Ravitch explains what NCTQ is and why anybody who cares about public education should know what it is and what it is up to.
U-Va. Rotunda waits in line for repairs
The Rotunda is crumbling. But the $51 million repair project is one urgent need among many for a higher education system that is a source of both pride and worry for Virginia’s leaders.
Crackdown at Naval Academy
Synthetic marijuana, commonly called “spice,” is widely used at the U.S. Naval Academy, some midshipmen say.
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