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December 10, 2009

IHS Scholarship for Grad Students Exploring Liberty - Deadline Dec. 31

Ashley Thorne

Our friends at the Institute for Humane Studies (IHS) asked us to let our members and readers know about the scholarships (up to $12K!) they award to graduate students through their Humane Studies F......

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December 9, 2009

Googlegate?

Glenn Ricketts

I wonder what’s going on with Google and Climategate?   Specifically, I mean why doesn’t the premier mega-search resource’s suggestion function work when you enter &ldquo......

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December 9, 2009

It's Not a Magical Incantation

Ashley Thorne

Gary A. Olson of Idaho State University has a good article on "The Limits of Academic Freedom" at the Chronicle of Higher Ed. An excerpt: One chair described a senior professor who missed a substa......

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December 9, 2009

Top Consideration: Not Education, But Money

George Leef

In this week's Pope Center Clarion Call, I write about an enlightening lawsuit involving a demoted dean's allegation that his school deliberately trashed its academic standards to help retain......

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December 9, 2009

National Teach-In Calls on Sustainability Partners to Help "Hide the Decline" in Global Warming Fait

Ashley Thorne

I got this email from the National Teach-In for Global Warming as part of an "Education for Sustainability" listserv to which I subscribe: Dear Colleagues and Friends, The hacked e-mails from clim......

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