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NAS Commends Supreme Court for Taking Fisher Case on Racial Preferences

Feb 21, 2012 |

PRESS RELEASE: The Supreme Court agrees to hear what may become a landmark case on the diversity rationale for racial preferences in college admissions.

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California Dreamin’

Feb 14, 2012 by David Clemens |

David Clemens laments the latest announcement from California's commnuity college system.

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Supersizing: Obama’s Higher Education Agenda, Part 1 of 8

Feb 22, 2012 by Peter Wood |

In the first of an eight-part series, Peter Wood examines the president’s longstanding goal of making America the nation with the highest percentage of college graduates.

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Why They Seem to Rise Together: Federal Aid and College Tuition

Feb 21, 2012 by George Leef, Hans Bader, Herbert London, Peter Wood, Richard Vedder |

Peter Wood, Richard Vedder, George Leef, Hans Bader, and Herbert London weigh in on the Center for College Affordability and Productivity's new study on whether colleges raise tuition when they receive federal aid.

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Bennett, Biden, and Boondoggles

Feb 20, 2012 by Richard Vedder |

The vice president appears to be the latest to agree that federal student-aid programs are contributing to rising college costs, writes Richard Vedder.

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Higher Education’s Increasing Disdain for Virtue

Feb 17, 2012 by Richard Vedder |

The rankings scandal at Claremont McKenna College is just the latest example of colleges deceiving the public, writes Richard Vedder.

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Fisher Case Generates Wide Press Coverage, Reactions

Feb 22, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |

Press coverage and commentary of the US Supreme Court's decision to accept the case of Fisher v. University of Texas for review.

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Student Libertarianism—The Least of Our Worries

Feb 22, 2012 by George Leef |

If college students are trending libertarian, that's nothing to worry about.

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SCOTUS Agrees to Hear Fisher Case

Feb 21, 2012 by Ward Connerly |

The decision of the Supreme Court to hear the Fisher v. UT case is potentially of historic significance.

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The Vocabulary of Virtue

Feb 21, 2012 by David Clemens |

You can’t end racism by practicing racism, even when you pretend it is virtuous.

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