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What Does Bowdoin Teach? How a Contemporary Liberal Arts College Shapes Students

Apr 03, 2013 Michael Toscano, Peter Wood |

A report on the politicization of the liberal arts education offered by Bowdoin College, ranked sixth best by U.S. News & World Report.

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The Campaign to Discredit Regnerus and the Assault on Peer Review

Jun 19, 2013 by Peter Wood |

The Mark Regnerus case is a stellar illustration of the "political vortex that surrounds academic peer review."

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Ask a Scholar: Can North Korean Rhetoric Lead to Improved US-Chinese Relations?

Jun 18, 2013 by Glenn Ricketts |

Can North Korea's belligerent rhetoric produce better US-Chinese relations?  It doesn't seem likely.

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What Has Happened to the AAUP?

Jun 18, 2013 by Peter Wood |

The AAUP scores higher on politicization than academic freedom at its recent conference.

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Seeking Value or Imposing Values?

Jun 17, 2013 by Eric R. Terzuolo |

Dr. Terzuolo responds to the AAC&U's new global learning rubric.

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Sexuality and Freedom of Speech: Criticism of OCR Continues

Jun 17, 2013 by Glenn Ricketts |

OCR continues to get its lumps from all quarters.

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My review of Neil Gross’s book, concluded

Jun 12, 2013 by George Leef |

George Leef concludes his critque of Why Are Professors Liberal and Why Do Conservatives Care?

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What Would the Left Do without Emotional Causes?

Jun 11, 2013 by George Leef |

The current mania over fossil fuel divestment tends to be heavy on emotion and light on logic.

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Poll: Public Support for Affirmative Action at an All-Time Low

Jun 11, 2013 by Glenn Ricketts |

No surprise: public support for affirmative action policies has dropped sharply. But it may be for different reasons than some academics think.

 

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