Commencement Day for a Lost Generation

Bill Blum / Truthdig Jun 22, 2011 The country my generation is passing on to my son and his peers is a mean-spirited place of global warming, class warfare and diminishing expectations, where the top 1 percent of households own nearly 35 percent of all privately held wealth and the “bottom” 80 percent lays claim to less than half that.The country my generation is passing on to my son and his peers is a mean-spirited place of global warming, class warfare and diminishing expectations. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Enlightened but Unemployed

Staff / Truthdig Jun 19, 2011 The well-intentioned handwringing over what to do about the slow asphyxiation of the traditional American humanities education continues over at Salon.com, where novelist Kim Brooks laments the failure of liberal arts colleges to prepare students for professionally and financially rewarding careers. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Why Our Broken System Sends the Wrong People to Prison

Staff / Truthdig Jun 2, 2011 On this week's episode of Truthdig Radio in collaboration with KPFK, we investigate why so many innocent people end up in prison; find out how much various college majors really pay; look into the future of depression-chic food; and learn why Apple’s high profits threaten teachers Plus, another special report from the cutting edge by Mr Fish Update: Full transcriptThis week on Truthdig Radio: Why our system convicts the innocent, Apple's high profits threaten teachers, and more Plus, a special report by Mr. Dig deeper ( 43 Min. Read )

Happy Graduation, Suckers

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The Rise of the Five-Year Degree

Staff / Truthdig May 20, 2011 The average length of time spent earning a bachelor's degree has been steadily rising among American university students for the past 30 years, and the change is not entirely explained by a consideration of part-time and returning students, an economist says. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Real Madness of March

David Sirota / Truthdig Apr 8, 2011 Lowell Bergman is the rare skunk who regularly finds his way into the power elite's garden parties. In his damning special now available on PBS's "Frontline" website, viewers are shown the side of "amateur" athletics that's almost never discussed inside the beery bubble of sports media. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Reality TV on the SAT

Staff / Truthdig Mar 17, 2011 Figuring in among the many gauges of intelligence on this year's SAT is one that raised a controversy for reasons beyond the usual critique that the infamous test for college candidates favors certain populations with access to a particular kind of knowledge and training . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama: No Education Cuts

Staff / Truthdig Mar 15, 2011 Insisting that "the best jobs program out there is a good education" and lamenting the U.S.' slip down the ranks in the global brain trust, President Barack Obama declared Monday that his budget plan won't include high costs to the American educational system. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

America’s Freshmen Are Really Stressed Out

Staff / Truthdig Jan 27, 2011 Wedged between past years of standardized testing and fixating on applications and a future of paying off hefty loans with no guarantees of employment, first-year college students around the country are registering higher levels of stress and poorer . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sex Video Blamed for College Freshman’s Suicide

Staff / Truthdig Sep 30, 2010 An 18-year-old violinist at Rutgers University jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge after posting a short note on Facebook. Two fellow students are accused of using a webcam to broadcast footage of the freshman having sex with another man. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Robert Gates Wants You … and Your Children

Staff / Truthdig Sep 30, 2010 The defense secretary warned Duke University, and anyone else who would listen, about a growing divide between the public and the military that has created a minority class of professional military workers and a detached, if vaguely supportive, civilian population. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Handbook for Killing Non-Jews

Staff / Truthdig Sep 1, 2010 Today on the list: The guide to killing goyim, more evidence of Glenn Beck's self-obsession, and proof that bears do not make the safest pets. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )