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For Students: Challenge of Liberty Summer Seminars
May 08, 2012 by Ashley Thorne |
This summer the Independent Institute is offering San Francisco Bay-area seminars for high school and college students where they can learn from top scholars about individual liberty, personal responsibility, free markets,… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
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The Decline of Literate Thought
Mar 26, 2012 by David Solway |
Recalling an evening in Casablanca where he met students "in love with learning," David Solway considers the contrast between them and today's American college students who have little enthusiasm for intellectual growth.
Continue Reading | 1 Comment >The Worst of Both Worlds
Mar 21, 2012 by George Leef |
Federal student aid programs have given us the worst of both worlds -- rising costs and falling student learning.
Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >Higher Ed and Plato’s Cave
Mar 14, 2012 by George Leef |
American higher ed is like Plato's parable of the cave.
Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >Student Says Scrap Student Surveys
Mar 02, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
A student journalist states what should be obvious, but usually isn't.
Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >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.
Continue Reading | 1 Comment >Ratcheting Down on Student Ability
Feb 20, 2012 by George Leef |
Difference in results between an "honors" section and regular section is revealing.
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Students as Customers: If They Can’t Write, They’re Still Right
Feb 06, 2012 by John C. Chalberg |
John C. Chalberg examines the consumer mentality that's largely taken over the community college where he teaches.
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Students Need Curricular Structure
Dec 29, 2011 by Oliver Rosenbloom |
A student at Brown University argues that too much curricular freedom can cause students to miss out on a well-rounded education.
Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >A Professor Who Encourages His Students to Meet the Challenge
Nov 28, 2011 by George Leef |
Last Friday, the Pope Center published this letter from biology professor Steven Aird to his students, encouraging them to meet the challenge of his course and not expect a passing grade just for showing up. None of the infamous… Continue Reading | 1 Comment >
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When Adolescent Culture Goes to College
Nov 14, 2011 by Jonathan Imber |
Sociologist Jonathan Imber analyzes the common threads running through recent student protest behavior.
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What? We Were Supposed to Use Dictionaries? - No Comment
Nov 09, 2011 by Glenn Ricketts |
Sometimes small things can shed light on larger problems - consider this case, for example.
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Did College Create Occupy Wall Street?
Oct 26, 2011 by Jason Fertig |
The actions of the Occupy Wall Street protesters do not help refute the notion that Millennials are the Peter Pan Generation.
Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >Let’s All Go to College? Not So Fast
Oct 12, 2011 by Glenn Ricketts |
Continue Reading | 1 Comment >How Not to Manage Classroom Management
Oct 11, 2011 by Glenn Ricketts |
Student rudeness and uncouth classroom conduct are the stuff of legend these days, and it's frequently been covered at the Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Education, and elsewhere.
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