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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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Five Swarthmore professors call for "the moral equivalent of war."
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Tessa Carter begins her communications internship at NAS.
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Peter Wood comments on the most recent display of the sustainability movement's "new anger" at Swarthmore College.
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Harvey Mansfield analyzes the implications of What Does Bowdoin Teach? in his article “The Higher Education Scandal.”
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George Leef weighs in on the debate on how much progressive professors influence their students.
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Greg Lukianoff describes the numbing censorship imposed by the new federal guidelines.
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Is there an alternative to affirmative action? Jonathan Bean thinks so.
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If not dead, it's definitely on life support.
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