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Obama's Nine Commandments for Reform of American Higher Education
The U.S. Department of Education understands that if it wants to control higher education, it need only threaten to revoke the charters of those accrediting associations that "accredit" colleges and universities for access to U.S. government loans and grants under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965. Signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson in a ceremony on November 8, 1965 at Texas State University-San Marcos, the Higher Education Act created a system of subsidized student loans. Though President Johnson may not have known that he could control the content of higher education by controlling its funding, that idea has not escaped the Obama Administration. Aug 31, 2012

One-third all colleges are financial weaker today than ever before
Bain & Company with the assistance of Sterling Partners has published a study that reveals that one-third of American colleges are financially distressed. Jul 25, 2012

Mitt Romney, American Foreign Policy and an "October Surprise"
American Presidents who have no experience in matters of national security and foreign policy are guided by the dominant--i.e. liberal--views of the day. That means that little will change in a Romney Administration at the State Department, Defense, NSC, CIA, AID, or the other foreign policy/national security agencies. Jul 16, 2012

A Good Reason to Cut off U.S. Funds to the United Nations
Huffington Post, Thor Halvorssen mixes it up with Venezuela, China, Russia and Cuba at a meeting of the United Nations in Geneva Jul 11, 2012

Yorktown University Trustee Participates in National Journal Discussion
National Journal, Former Colorado Congressman and Yorktown University Trustee, Bob Schaffer, has published a commentary at the National Journal titled "The Nanny State at Work." Bob doesn't think much of the au pair Nannies at the U.S. Department of Education Jul 11, 2012

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