What's New
09/02/10: Take Back the Classroom from PowerPoint
by Jason Fertig
Restrict PowerPoint use in teaching to pictures and videos, writes Jason Fertig. Too much PowerPoint usurps professors' authority and accustoms students to lazy thinking.
09/02/10: Collegiate Press Roundup 9-2-10
by Glenn Ricketts
Student journalists examine topics from presidential speeches to campus smoking bans.
09/01/10: Will You Promote Diversity? Virginia Tech Tests Faculty Candidates’ Commitment
by Peter Wood and Ashley Thorne
A major public university has fashioned a “diversity” litmus test for faculty hiring
08/31/10: FIRE Educates for Free Speech on Campus
by Glenn Ricketts
FIRE will offer a Free Speech Seminar in NYC on September 14.
08/30/10: How Scholarships Morphed into Financial Aid
by Jackson Toby
This excerpt from Jackson Toby's latest book, The Lowering of Higher Education in America: Why Financial Aid Should Be Based on Student Performance, will appear in the forthcoming fall issue of Academic Questions (vol. 23, no. 3).
