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August 4, 2010

Another Higher Ed Establishment Paper Fails to Make Its Case

George Leef

The paper in question is the latest from the Georgetown Center for Education and the Workforce and the case, naturally, is that America needs to get lots more people through college or else the econ......

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August 4, 2010

Esposito Gets 'Zero' for See-No-Evil Defense of Ground Zero Mosque

Candace de Russy

Stephen Schwartz demolishes the claim by Georgetown Professor John L. Esposito that criticism of the mosque project amounts to "Islam-bashing charges leveled with no concrete evidence by p......

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August 4, 2010

Tenure and the Cost of Professors: The Production Perspective

Bruce Heiden

The death of tenure would mean the supply of high quality faculty members would shrink, argues Bruce Heiden.

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August 3, 2010

Ask a Scholar: What Caused the Oil Spill?

Indrek Wichman

A reader asks, "What caused the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico?" An expert in mechanical engineering answers.

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August 3, 2010

Sustainability News 8-3-10

Ashley Thorne

This edition of sustainability-in-higher-ed news includes the University of Toledo’s new curricular residence life programs in sustainability; UNC’s workshop to help participants explore o......

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