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November 3, 2010

Higher Education Needs the Creative Destruction of Capitalism

George Leef

That view is hardly surprising among the limited government types who frequent the NAS blog, but quite surprising when you hear it from a "progressive" writer. That's the case, however, with DIY......

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November 2, 2010

Quotas at Quinnipiac: "We Very Much Want an African-American for That Particular Position"

Ashley Thorne

A university president announces his intention to hire a "high-quality African-American." At a meeting last week he said, "Having that person be an African-American is very important to concluding t......

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November 1, 2010

Yes, You CAN Teach an Interesting Economics Course!

George Leef

In today's Pope Center piece, Jane Shaw writes about an event we sponsored last Friday, bringing together several econ profs to share their ideas on how to make the subject interesting to studen......

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November 1, 2010

On Finding Obama Where No One Thought to Look

Peter Wood

A new book highlights the complacency of researchers who failed to follow a paper trail, writes Peter Wood.

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October 29, 2010

HuffPo Article on Academic Freedom According to 1915 AAUP

Ashley Thorne

David Moshman, professor of educational psychology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has an excellent article at the Huffington Post on what academic freedom means, according to the AAUP's......

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