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December 16, 2009

Education is Always Political?

Ashley Thorne

Inside Higher Ed's Getting to Green blogger says, "The truth of the matter is that education is always a political act." Do you agree? [polldaddy poll=2395418]

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December 16, 2009

Are We Stuck with the Politically Correct University?

George Leef

In this week's Pope Center Clarion Call, I review the new AEI book The Politically Correct University. I recommend the book highly. It provides an excellent analysis of the problem of ideologica......

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December 16, 2009

Hetero Huh?

Ashley Thorne

What is 'heteronormativity' anyway?

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December 15, 2009

Penn State Seeks "A Rapid Shift in Mindset" Toward Sustainability

Ashley Thorne

Should sustainability be a "defining feature" of higher education? I examine the sustaina-zeal at Penn State U in a recent NAS.org article. It sounds as if sustainabullies are ready to invade e......

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December 15, 2009

News Flash: Google Allows Full Search Function for Climategate

Glenn Ricketts

I'm happy to report that Google is now allowing its suggestion function to accomodate searches for Climategate. Recall that I posted last week in reference to the very strange absence of this se......

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