Ze Only Confuses Hir Students: Teaching Gender Neutral Pronouns
May 16, 2012 by Ashley Thorne |
If gender is pliable, why not grammar?
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For Students: Challenge of Liberty Summer Seminars
May 08, 2012 by Ashley Thorne |
This summer the Independent Institute is offering San Francisco Bay-area seminars for high school and college students where they can learn from top scholars about individual liberty, personal responsibility, free markets,… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
College Is a Drain
May 03, 2012 by Ashley Thorne |
This week brought a shower of pronouncements about how college is squandering American resources.
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U California President Yudof Says Political Advocacy Is a Problem
Apr 19, 2012 by Ashley Thorne |
At a press conference UC president Mark Yudof declared his commitment to ideology-free education. Charles Geshekter of the Caliofornia Association of Scholars asked him to say so in a memo to the UC Board of Regents.
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Georgia State U Prof Promises Extra Credit for Political Lobbying
Apr 17, 2012 by Ashley Thorne |
Two videos give a window into the academic-credit-for-activism culture in contemporary higher education.
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Peter Wood: Has Science Become Politicized?
Apr 17, 2012 by Ashley Thorne |
NAS president Peter Wood discusses academic standards for science and the consequences that result when science becomes tainted by political bias.
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Obama’s Higher-Ed Agenda: A Series by Peter Wood
Apr 10, 2012 by Ashley Thorne |
A roundup of the articles in Peter Wood's series "Obama's Higher-Education Agenda"
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What Are Kids Reading?
Apr 09, 2012 by Ashley Thorne |
NAS board member Sandra Stotsky writes about the low levels of reading in our schools today.
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University of California Report in the News
Apr 02, 2012 by Ashley Thorne |
Both national and local media pay attention to a new report by NAS's California affiliate on the politicization of the University of California.
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A Thought-Provoking ‘Is the West Best?’ Discussion with Ibn Warraq
Mar 29, 2012 by Ashley Thorne |
At a lively panel discussion on Wednesday at Saint Francis College, authors Ibn Warraq and Paul Berman, and journalist Sohrab Ahmari reflected on the worth of Western civilization.
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Not Hungry
Mar 28, 2012 by Ashley Thorne |
The bestselling pulp fiction book The Hunger Games fails to give Ashley Thorne an appetite for more.
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A Final Article in Academic Questions by Irving Louis Horowitz
Mar 26, 2012 by Ashley Thorne |
In the current, spring 2012 issue of Academic Questions is one last article by Dr. Horowitz, "The Wealth of Nations and the Poverty of Analysts."
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Upcoming Debate and Speakers in New York, Minnesota, and DC
Mar 22, 2012 by Ashley Thorne |
Please join NAS's affiliates at three upcoming events this spring, where you can hear from distinguished scholars and connect with like-minded attendees.
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Med School in Vienna to Give Preference to Female Applicants
Mar 16, 2012 by Ashley Thorne |
A medical school in Austria will grade its applicants by gender with the results weighed toward women, reports the Associated Press.
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Satiric Graph on the Use of the Word “Sustainable”
Feb 15, 2012 by Ashley Thorne |
Is the word "sustainable" itself unsustainable?
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