Daniel Luzer

This isn’t really about college (well, except for stuff like this and this) but I’m pleased to announce the early release of one of the articles that will appear in the Monthly‘s still embargoed November/December issue. When Californians go to the polls on November 2nd to vote on Proposition 19—officially known as the Regulate, Control, […]

Students at the University of Connecticut are really angry about two comic strips that appeared in the school paper recently. According to an article in the Hartford Courant: The “Victory Lap” cartoon done by Zack Wussow carried the message, “Forget sugar and spice and everything nice. Try crabs, scabs and everything viral. That’s what girls […]

This is going to be quite a fight. While the for-profit Keiser University is currently involved in suing the president of Florida State College at Jacksonville for “colluding with opponents of for-profit colleges in a targeted smear campaign against the school,” it’s apparently not the only proprietary school going court. According to an article by […]

With students, parents, and pundits complaining about the high cost of textbooks many colleges are trying to push textbook alternatives. People are excited about things like electronic books, cheaper than real books but still pricy enough to allow bookstores and publishers to turn a profit. Students, however, don’t necessarily want textbook alternatives. According to a […]

In Britain the continuing financial crisis causes the government to consider raising fees that universities charge students. Currently, British universities cannot charge students more than £3,290 a year (slightly more than $5,000) for their education. Now this sort of plan is obviously not the recipe to get more people though college. If the country were […]

On Tuesday President Obama signed an executive order to improve the education of Hispanic students. According to a CNN piece: The expanded White House Initiative on Education Excellence for Hispanics, originally launched by the administration of President George H.W. Bush, seeks to improve educational opportunities for Hispanic students at every level…. The order signed by […]

The state of Oregon is looking to become the lead plaintiff in a class action lawsuit against the Apollo Group, the company that owns the for-profit University of Phoenix. According to an article by Bill Graves in The Oregonian: Oregon officials are suing Apollo Group Inc. of Arizona, parent company of the University of Phoenix, […]

Chicago’s DePaul University is apparently rather hostile to certain campus groups, especially if those groups have anything to do with marijuana. According to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE): In the spring of 2010, DePaul student Jeff Kramer and fellow students submitted an application for official recognition of their group, Students for Cannabis […]

Campus Grotto has just published an updated list of the most expensive colleges in America. Congratulations, Sarah Lawrence. At a total cost of $56,420 a year, you’ve topped the list for the third time in a row! All of the schools in the top 100 list are private. According to the piece the top ten […]

Apparently there’s lately been a great upsurge in the number of intellectually handicapped people enrolled in colleges. According to an Associated Press piece in Education Week: Students with Down syndrome, autism and other conditions that can result in intellectual disabilities are leaving high school more academically prepared than ever and ready for the next step: […]