IVESC:What Europe can teach the US about apprenticeships

Time: 2016-09-27 09:54:21

Sept 27,2016(Educators)Although U.S. apprenticeships have traditionally focused on manual skills such as automotive repair and carpentry, the United Statesis eyeing European models like this — which provide fast-tracked, on-the-job training in white-collar p...

IVESC: Back to School: All Colleges Should Require a Class on Constitution and Civic Literacy

Time: 2016-08-28 10:24:55

August 28 , 2016(Educators)Most colleges and universities required a diversity of classes in order to provide a "balanced" education, yet academia has largely excluded government and basic life skills from these requirements. I learned how to properl...

IVESC: Colleges and Universities Have Grown Bloated and Dysfunctional

Time: 2016-05-27 10:24:20

May 27, 2016(Educators)American colleges and universities, long thought to be the glory of the nation, are in more than a little trouble. With their shameful practices -- the racial quotas and preferences at selective schools (Harvard is being sued by Asian- A...

IVESC: College Rankings Should Account for Binge Drinking

Time: 2016-04-03 10:23:44

April 3, 2016(Educators)"Right now, private rankings like U.S. News & World Report puts out each year...it encourages a lot of colleges to focus on ways to - - how do we game the numbers?"This comment from President Obama, its contorted grammar a...

VESC: Know Your Rights: A Guide to Due Process and Campus Justice

Time: 2016-03-12 10:23:14

March 12, 2016(Educators)A newly updated guide to help college students wade through the murky waters of campus disciplinary procedures has been released by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.I suggest every current and incoming college student ...

IVESCAnti-Semitism Rising in Academia, Group Warns

Time: 2016-01-01 10:22:43

January 1, 2016(Educators)In its annual year-end survey of global anti-Semitism, the Simon Wiesenthal Center warned that the global effort to "demonize and delegitimize" Israel was gaining a foothold in US. academia.Rabbi Abraham Cooper, the center&#...

IVESC: AAUP's Selective Defense of Academic Freedom

Time: 2015-06-19 10:22:14

June 19 , 2015(Educators)The American Association of University Professors held its centennial conference and business meeting recently in Washington D.C. In keeping with its goal of defending academic freedom, the AAUP devoted at least two sessions to the hir...

IVESC:Which Vocational Degrees Pay Off?

Time: 2015-06-15 09:53:55

June 15,2015(Educators)Some one-year certificates lead to double-digit wage gains.There's very little scholarly research in the area of vocational training. Hundreds of researchers have looked at whether the cost of a four-year degree is worth it and at ho...

IVESC: Silenced Workers Who Lost Jobs to H-1B Visa Abuse (Quietly) Speak Out

Time: 2015-03-22 10:21:43

March 22, 2015(Educators)The Senate Judiciary Committee recently held a hearing into abuses of the H-1B skilled guest worker visa program. Lawmakers heard experts describe how the use of foreign workers has come to dominate the IT industry, with many tech gian...

IVESC: Obama Student Loan Push Behind $22 Billion Write-Down

Time: 2015-02-08 10:21:05

February 8, 2015(Educators)The rising popularity of one of President Obama's biggest but most overlooked efforts to reduce student debt is creating a stir in the wake of a large reported credit write-down to the government.The use of income-based repayment...