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Explore the debate and science of If I Ran the Zoo.

July 23, 2009

Your Chance to Run the Zoo

Ashley Thorne

What's your idea of an ideal college? Email [email protected] this summer and let us know!

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June 26, 2009

2009 If I Ran the Zoo #5

Robert L. Jackson

Robert Jackson says the higher ed zoo needs a Great Conversation.

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May 20, 2009

2009 If I Ran the Zoo #4

Ashley Thorne

Ashley Thorne would say "toot-a-loo!" to race-based grouping if she ran the zoo.

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May 19, 2009

2009 If I Ran the Zoo #2 and #3

Carol Iannone

How the AQ editors would run the higher ed zoo: "Unlock the philosophers!" says Felicia Chernesky. "Bring on the curfews and visiting hours!" says Carol Iannone.

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August 5, 2008

If I Ran the Zoo XIV

Erin O'Connor

Erin O'Connor and Maurice Black point us to Dr. Seuss's commencement address that urged, "swallow what's solid," but "spit out the air!"

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July 16, 2008

If I Ran the Zoo XIII

The zoo runs on, with Ammon Allred's Seussian verse on what matters in higher education.

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July 15, 2008

If I Ran the Zoo XII

By blogger "anotherpanacea," a professor of philosophy in the Washington, D.C. area

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July 1, 2008

If I Ran the Zoo X

Roger Kimball

Roger Kimball summons us to call the "spade" a spade, and to seek truth free of "theory."

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June 30, 2008

If I Ran the Zoo IX

John Leo

If John Leo ran the zoo, he'd cancel all courses whose names end in

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