October 21, 2010

Diversity Rejects Its White Enthusiasts

Ashley Thorne

"Being white and straight, I felt doubly cursed with a dearth of fascinating material. What story could I tell to prove my worth?" One woman's college experience provides a glimpse at how the dive......

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October 20, 2010

Come to the 'Marxism in America' Conference in D.C. Tomorrow

Mary Grabar

While Bill Ayers’ colleagues may be fussing about the denial of his emeritus status, America’s Survival will be sponsoring a conference that will include former FBI informant, Larry Grat......

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October 20, 2010

Scholarship Opportunities for Grad and Undergrad Students

Keri Anderson

IHS is offering up to $15,000 for academic research that explores the principles, practices, and institutions necessary to a free society.

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October 19, 2010

Trick or Vote

Ashley Thorne

Among my sustainability emails today is a message from the Energy Action Coalition ("the hub of the youth climate movement") encouraging people to "scare big oil" this Halloween by organizing Tri......

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October 19, 2010

Reading Pages, Reading Screens

Ashley Thorne

NAS published articles on both sides of the debate over the future of reading. One held up the merits of traditional books and asserted that we have much to lose as human beings if we abandon the pr......

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October 19, 2010

A Kindled Spirit

Jason Fertig

An argument in defense of eReaders: they aren't killing books or our attention spans.

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October 18, 2010

NYT Debate: Do Colleges Need French Departments?

Ashley Thorne

In light of SUNY-Albany's cuts to its foreign language programs, the New York Times asked eight higher ed experts, "Do colleges need French departments?" Heres a takeaway sentence from each one.......

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October 18, 2010

The Glut of College Graduates

George Leef

Writing at the CCAP blog, Christopher Matgouranis shows how badly the U.S. has oversold college. He gives some Bureau of Labor Statistics data on the prevalence of college degrees among those workin......

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October 18, 2010

The Twilight Generation Can't Read

Sandra Stotsky

A new ALSCW study suggests that fragmented English curricula and neglect of close reading impair reading scores and college readiness despite major increases in funding for elementary and secondary......

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October 18, 2010

Ask a Scholar: A Grammatical Conundrum

David J. Rothman

Is it correct to say, "they can't make up their mind," or "they can't make up their minds"?

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