universities

OK, so Santorum made another outrageous fundamentalist claim: Colleges are turning theists into atheists: Rick Santorum Sounds 'Indoctrination' Warning Over Obama College Plan So I figured this was not his original idea and it was likely to be bouncing around Evangelical and other...

What colleges/universities out there are the most presitigious in the philosophy and similar humanities departments? Also, what is the general outline of courses and classes a Ph.D in philosophy has? Does anyone know where I could find this information?

This might go into the education section but no one reads that so - why do the early years of kindergarten to 12th year have common standards within states but universities don't? Even the same state university system differs from one school to the next and may not accept your course if you...

After reading this story: Link! It occured to me that what we need is more Christian Universities, and that way the kids from these christian schools can get the Biology education they (thier parents/church leaders) want them to get without interfearing with the main stream 'secular'...

I heard on the news last night the Hewlett pPackard is to lay oiff 18,000 employees. This got me thinking..... Throughout recent history we have been hearing about many such mega-layoffs. And then people ask, "Where is everyone going to find work?" Good question. Everyone expects some company...

The trend of removing science from education is now at full speed. The government of Florida wants to allow students to sue individual professors who they personally disagree with. They specifically mention the persecution of students who believe in intelligent design. Worse, they want to...

The Institute of Higher Education, China's Shanghai Jiao Tong University - has published their list of the top 500 universities in the world. The big majority are American, followed by some in England and Japan. 1 Harvard Univ USA 2 Stanford Univ USA 3 Univ Cambridge UK 4 Univ California -...

I've recently had speaking engagements where my skeptical view of ghosts, (as a fiction writer) were not looked upon kindly. One recent one was for a continuing education program which featured the topics: Ghosts and Hauntings (the participants expected confirmation, not skepticism from me, and...