I have long predicted that as the proportion of high school graduates attending college increases, the classes offered at colleges would have to become easier. If they did not, then…

Ambrose Bierce, as usual, summarized it best for us in the Devil's Dictionary: ACADEME, n. An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. ACADEMY, n. (from academe). A modern…

Thanks to computers---those modern saviors of mankind!---students returning to campus this fall needn't return at all. Yes, sir: they will be able to "attend" class by staying home, ready to…

I was saving this for another Conversation With Myself, to show that there are too many kids in school. But it's more appropriate as a lead-in to another story about…