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October 15, 2010

Social Justice and Censorship

Glenn Ricketts

On the release of a new FIRE video, NAS recalls our victory for freedom of conscience with an accrediting body and its biased "dispositions" requirements.

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October 14, 2010

A College Course on What Fictional Characters Wore?

Ashley Thorne

I just read an article in the University Daily Kansan linked in Glenn's Collegiate Press Roundup this week. The article, "Women, Take Back Halloween" is written by a male student whose character......

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October 14, 2010

A Canadian Columnist Sees Through the College Hype

George Leef

David Warren writes for The Ottawa Citizen and has a firm grasp on the reality of higher education. Consider this column published Oct. 12. Is higher education a great, crucial investment in human c......

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October 14, 2010

"It Messes Up My Fishing Time": Why American High School Teachers Don't Assign Research Papers

Peter Wood

NAS brings to light a long-suppressed research report on how American high school teachers avoid assigning research papers.

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October 14, 2010

Collegiate Press Roundup 10-14-10

Glenn Ricketts

Student writers argue for more campus-wide involvement in supporting diversity, suggest how to dress for Halloween and propose the abolition of faculty tenure.

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