The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in academic cheating’s biggest increase in 16 years, according to Jarrod Morgan, the founder of test supervision company Meazure Learning. A new study by Meazure shows that from 2019 to 2021, confirmed cases of academic cheating during online monitored tests increased by about 13 times. “We’re catching them definitely trying to…
Facts Matter (April 14): Biden’s Employer Mandate REINSTATED By Appeals Court; Mask Mandate Extended; More Coming
Despite the fact that most Americans are over COVID-19, have gotten back to their regular lives, and just wish to move on, it looks like government officials have some other ideas. Just one week ago, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the vaccine mandate on federal employees. The Department of Defense is currently engaged in…
What Brings You More Joy: Your Child Getting Into a Prestigious College or Getting Married?
Commentary The second of my two sons got married last week, and it prompted me to consider the question: What brings parents more joy: their child getting into a prestigious college or their child getting married (presumably to a good person)? Three things prompted this question: my joy and pride, the joy of those who…
America’s Cheating Epidemic: Did Your Doctor Actually Pass College?
If he can successfully cheat his way through college, Jim plans to become a doctor. Jim, who chose to be anonymous to avoid academic consequences, attends a major university in Canada with about 26,000 undergraduate students. He says that he’s always cheated in school, but that when he went to university, his cheating rose to…
Why Have We Let Colleges Rip Off Our Kids?
Commentary One of my sons goes to an elite eastern college that costs all-in $70,000 a year. The value of a school such as this isn’t so much the classroom experience, but the culture of being around other smart people and learning how to be a productive adult. The college experience, inside and outside the…
Why College Degrees Are Working Against Many Job-Seekers
‘Would you rather hire someone who ran a marathon, or had a college degree?’ I remember when I saw the question posed on LinkedIn. It got hundreds of responses, almost all of whom said they’d pick the marathoner. It turns out, the story most young people have been told about the value of degrees on…
Rep. Virginia Foxx on America’s Education Crisis
The United States is facing an education crisis as a result of the Biden administration pleasing teachers’ unions by keeping schools closed, said Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), the top Republican on the House Education Committee. “We got an education crisis, it’s gonna take us a long time to catch up with what’s happened,” said Foxx…
Jury: Ex-Cheerleader Guilty in Killings of Three Florida Women
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—A former criminal justice major and college cheerleader was convicted in the killings of three Florida prostitutes more than 15 years ago. Jurors deliberated more than eight hours before returning the guilty verdict against Robert Hayes, who was linked by DNA evidence to the three victims after another killing in Palm Beach County,…
Jury: Ex-Cheerleader Guilty in Killings of 3 Florida Women
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—A former criminal justice major and college cheerleader was convicted in the killings of three Florida prostitutes more than 15 years ago. Jurors deliberated more than eight hours before returning the guilty verdict against Robert Hayes, who was linked by DNA evidence to the three victims after another killing in Palm Beach County,…
Why Your Son Should Reconsider College
A young friend of mine is in his last year of high school and asking the age-old “what do I do with my life” question. Most average high school seniors would be settling on their final liberal arts college choice right now—more concerned about the climbing wall in the student center and the cafeteria entrees…
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