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September 12, 2008

NAS Cheers "Enduring Questions"

Ashley Thorne

NAS hails with appreciation the announcement of the National Endowment for the Humanities' new "Enduring Questions" program.

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September 11, 2008

What You Learn Depends on What (and Whom) You Ask

Steve Balch

Does diversity in the medical classroom enhance students' ability to care for minority patients? A new study supposedly provides evidence to that effect. But the survey omits some essential elemen......

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September 11, 2008

Activists Only: Reading Between the Lines of an Academic Job Ad

Peter Wood

U Mass Amherst is looking for a new linguistic anthropologist who fits with the university's politically correct policies and its commitment to a "racialized" outlook. Where does such a job desc......

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September 11, 2008

Is College Driving Students to Drink?

Tom Wood

Why is binge drinking such a problem on college campuses? What factors lead certain students to consume more than others?

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