STATISTICS NEVER LIE. But in the hands of the unethical or unwary, they can mislead.

MICHAEL BARONE: American colleges and universities have grown bloated and dysfunctional.

American colleges, dating back to Harvard's founding in 1636, have been modeled on the residential colleges of Oxford and Cambridge. The idea is that students live on or near (sometimes breathtakingly beautiful) campuses, where they can learn from and interact with inspired teachers.

I'm somewhat amused by the Oxford analogy. My wife watches a lot of British television (Masterpiece Theater); one of her favorites is a murder mystery centered at Oxford. Unlike U.S. murder mysteries which usually feature a single killing, there are never less than 2 or 3 at Oxford.

American graduate universities, dating back to Johns Hopkins' founding in 1876, have been built on the German professional model. Students are taught by scholars whose Ph.D. theses represent original scholarship, expanding the frontiers of knowledge and learning.

Uh, huh. Like most of my graduate cohort, we worked on campus, we didn't live there.

The last half-century has seen a huge increase in the percentage of Americans who go to college and a huge increase in government aid to them.... And the huge tranches of government money have been largely mopped up by the ever-increasing cadres of administrators, ... counselors, facilitators, liaisons and coordinators their student loans pay for.

[W]ould they be better off paying for such services only as needed, as most other adults do?

As the bubble bursts, the answer to the last question is obvious.

REALITY: what happens when other people quit giving you their money.

ED MORRISSEY: Why college professors are afraid to teach millenials. You created this environment, Jack. Now suck it up and live with your creation.

WHAT A WUSS! A Texas [female, sociology] college professor claims a coming law that will allow licensed gun owners to carry firearms on campuses will cause grades to shoot up.

This woman's such a delicate little flower that she probably stays in the shade for fear that her shadow will attack her.

THAT CESSNA flying over your house may be sending photos to your tax assessor. Soon they will be drones clay pigeons, and a shotgun will be the cure....

YES. NEXT QUESTION? Are we in for another high-crime era after the response to Ferguson and Baltimore?

SPACE.COM: Pluto's moons are even weirder than thought. Good article, but be prepared for obnoxious ads embedded in each video.

THEY GAVE US THEIR PRESIDENT; we should return the favor.

We have plenty of useless politicians to choose from....

EVEN DEMOCRATS are learning not to trust Obama. But it's a slow, painful process for them....

WHAT 2015 GRADUATES NEED TO HEAR -- but won't.

COLLEGE EDUCATION: a mortgage with no house.

DC POLICE SAY they’ve stopped issuing gun carry permit application denials in response to Federal ruling. They failed to say how many applications they've approved....

THE SCOREKEEPER on Thomas Paine and 'Common Sense'.

YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN: The Obama administration says it has “no plans” to help evacuate U.S. citizens from Yemen. Just because you're a U.S. citizen doesn't mean we're here to help.

BOSTON TERRORIST wanted to kill Pamela Geller. Instapundit: Geller 3, terrorists 0.

If wannabe terrorists want to commit suicide by cop, that's fine with me. But what I find truly offensive is his 'imam' brother. He should have his citizenship revoked, ordered deported, and 'dropped off' (from 30,000 feet) over the Islamic State....

PRESIDENT BERNIE SANDERS: What would it be like? It will be no different with President Hillary Clinton (except possibly for the number of terms).

NEW SCIENTIST: Why don’t we recognize plants as intelligent beings? Why not? We treat progressives as if they were....

NOEMIE EMERY: The war about peace.

Democrats are losing.

STICKER SHOCK: ObamaCare 2016. Unexpectedly (of course).

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