The Black Hole of Higher Education by George Leef August 1, 2000 ONE OF THE GREAT growth industries in America in the second half of the 20th century was higher education. Prior to World War II, there were only 1.5 million students enrolled in some 1,700 colleges and universities. Spending per student was about $450. By the late 1990s, the student population had grown to 14.4 million students, enrolled in 3,700 colleges and universities. Spending had grown to roughly $15,000 per student. Federal and state governments lavish subsidies on higher education. The Feds provide billions in college loans and grants; the states do their part with low tuition that covers only a fraction of the cost of providing the educational services. (Vermont is the least profligate, with tuition covering 78 percent of the cost. California is the most profligate, with tuition covering only 16 percent of the cost.) The explosive growth of higher education has occurred not because millions of students and their families ...
Repatriation — The Dark Side of World War II, Part 3 by Jacob G. Hornberger April 1, 1995 Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 Adolf Hitler did not trust Andrey Vlasov. The Russian general had served in the Russian army since the Russian Revolution. He had fought hard and valiantly in the successful defense of Moscow. It was only because of Stalin's refusal to permit Vlasov and his men to retreat during the subsequent battle at Leningrad that the German forces had defeated and captured Vlasov. It was difficult for Hitler to believe that Vlasov was now willing to lead captured Russian soldiers against Stalin and his communist regime. So, it was not until the very end of the war — January 1945 — that Hitler finally relented and permitted Vlasov to lead Russian POWs into battle against the Russian army. But by this time, Germany was close to defeat. The forces under Vlasov's command — some 50,000 Russian ...
