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Wesleyan Offers College Education To High-Security Prisoners

Posted 11.17.2009 | Impact


With shrinking endowments and funding cutbacks, most colleges would be wary of launching new initiatives. But two months ago, the New York Times repor...

Johanna Justin-Jinich: Wesleyan Student Killed In Shooting

AP | KATIE NELSON | Posted 06.07.2009 | Home


MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — A disguised gunman fatally shot a Wesleyan University student while she worked at a popular bookstore near campus Wednesday ...

Higher Education Will Struggle Through the Recession

Brian Farkas | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics


Brian Farkas

Writing separate but nearly identical letters to their respective communities, countless college presidents across the county have recently admitted: "We're out of money."

What's More Important to Honor our Military: Better Leadership or Another Sunday Speech?

Harold Pollack | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics


Harold Pollack

Whatever Kristol means, he is fighting a culture war that ended many years ago. There is no ideological or partisan divide when it comes to caring about Americans in harm's way.

Prominent Right Wing Coward Smears Obama for Not Considering Military Service

Tony Hendra | Posted 06.10.2008 | Media


Tony Hendra

So why did one of the nation's pre-eminent draft-dodgers pick Obama as the one candidate to slime? Could it be the reflexive racism that drives all neo-conservatives?

Obama's Wesleyan Commencement Speech: Urges Graduates Into Public Service

AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 06.02.2008 | Politics


MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — Filling in for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and tying himself to the family's legacy, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Oba...