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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How to Ask a Question
Apr 09, 2012 by Peter Wood |
Peter Wood offers advice to students and academics on how to ask questions at public events.
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MLA Panelists Analyze Beach Books
Jan 19, 2012 by Ashley Thorne |
At this year's MLA convention, academics considered the role common reading assignments have to play in the education of college students.
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Reviving the True, the Good, and the Beautiful
Apr 06, 2011 by Ashley Thorne |
Ashley Thorne attends a meeting of the Philadelphia Society.
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MLA Lingo Bingo
Jan 13, 2011 by David Clemens |
I tried, but it is nearly impossible to parody the Modern Language Association (MLA) Convention’s yearly orgy of political correctness, anti-capitalism, and Theory, just concluded in Los Angeles.
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Where Did Those Mushy “No Labels” Ideas Come From?
Jan 07, 2011 by George Leef |
In this sharp essay, Mary Grabar links the intellectually mushy "No Labels" movement to academic fads that decried logic and debate as just bad male habits.
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How to Attract Undocumented Students…No Comment
Apr 27, 2010 by Ashley Thorne |
A June conference aims to help diversity directors and minority recruiters woo illegal immigrants.
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Jabberwocky Watch: Hybrid Tipping Points for Turbulent Times
Apr 09, 2010 by Peter Wood |
Jargon and disconnect at a conference of DePaul University faculty and staff members on “Negotiating Change: Critical Transitions, Tipping Points, and Cataclysmic Futures.”
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De-Growth Conference…No Comment
Apr 07, 2010 by Ashley Thorne |
Participants at a meeting in Vancouver will look for ways to shrink the economy in the name of sustainability.
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Arab Scholars Speak
Mar 18, 2010 by Peter Wood |
An Atlanta conference of the Institute for American Values gathers Middle Eastern intellectuals at the launch of the online journal IjtihadReason.
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Middle East and Africa Scholars Meet Next Month
Sep 03, 2009 by Ashley Thorne |
Seats are still available at the ASMEA conference in October.
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Sustaina-Summits
Aug 20, 2009 by Peter Wood |
Inside: NAS's contributions to the decade for ESD; why no one criticizes sustainability; and international visions of sustainatopia.
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NAS Confers, Hell Stirs
Dec 04, 2008 by Peter Wood |
As the time for our conference approaches(Washington, DC, Jan. 9-11), some may hear of it and tremble...
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Unpacking
Oct 23, 2008 by Peter Wood |
After disputations about the nature of the family, reading Raggedy Ann is a welcome escape into childhood.
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“Protect Our Freedoms” APSA Members Petition
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Members of the American Political Science Association, which is scheduled to have its annual meeting in Toronto next year, have drafted a petition that consideration be given to relocating the meeting on the grounds that Canada… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
