by jstewardfree | Jan 18, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Richard Vedder | Higher education is in a bubble situation—its price has risen sharply, fueled by cheap federal loan and grant money (sound familiar?) while the return on the investment has fallen. More and more college students are either not graduating or are...
by jstewardfree | Jan 17, 2013 | Course and Scholarship Updates
Free Think U is proud to announce the top 3 prize winners in the Holiday Social Media Contest! After a close competition between many of the students, here’s how the judges determined the final breakdown: 1) Lydia Wallie 2) Justice Worden 3) Ashley...
by jstewardfree | Jan 16, 2013 | Course and Scholarship Updates
By Publius | The wisdom tradition recognizes wise and unwise choices, and claims that knowing the difference is important. Do you prize wisdom? AVERAGE TIME: 2 HOURS. 1,000 IMPACT POINTS. Sign in to www.freethinku.com to learn more about these course experiences,...
by jstewardfree | Jan 15, 2013 | Grey Matter
By J.A. Cauthen | A former history instructor at the Naval Academy reflects on the problems of the diversity obsession. Diversity, as commonly used by government, academia, and industry, has become so normalized that we are all expected to embrace it unquestioningly....
by jstewardfree | Jan 14, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Publius | This is the last of our three posts from Victor Davis Hanson’s essay on re-thinking the modern university. Imagine the concept of student loans transferred to the car industry (or, perhaps, just think Freddie and Fannie). The government would...
