September 2, 2010

Collegiate Press Roundup 9-2-10

Glenn Ricketts

Student journalists examine topics from presidential speeches to campus smoking bans.

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September 2, 2010

Take Back the Classroom from PowerPoint

Jason Fertig

Restrict PowerPoint use in teaching to pictures and videos, writes Jason Fertig. Too much PowerPoint usurps professors' authority and accustoms students to lazy thinking.

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September 1, 2010

A Big Hole in the Economics Curriculum

George Leef

In this week's Pope Center Clarion Call, Professor Bruce Caldwell of Duke University discusses what he sees as a big hole in the graduate economics curriculum and one that's developing in th......

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September 1, 2010

Texas Hold `Em

David Clemens

Over at Pajamasmedia, “Zombie” is in the midst of a five part analysis of the Texas textbook battle.  In The Language Police (2004), Diane Ravitch argued that to avoid offen......

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September 1, 2010

Will You Promote Diversity? Virginia Tech Tests Faculty Candidates Commitment

Peter Wood

A major public university has fashioned a “diversity” litmus test for faculty hiring.

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August 31, 2010

Mizzou Multicultural Fail!

Ashley Thorne

In its eagerness to welcome students - that is, global citizens - to campus last week, the University of Missouri misspelled "Welcome" in Farsi and Arabic on a sign bordered by various nat......

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August 31, 2010

FIRE Educates for Free Speech on Campus

Glenn Ricketts

FIRE will offer a Free Speech Seminar in NYC on September 14.

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August 30, 2010

State of the Campus at UNC-Greensboro: Politically Correct Pandering

Ashley Thorne

Today NAS received a copy of this speech by UNC-Greensboro Chancellor Linda P. Brady.  The speech was given on August 18, 2010 as a "State of the Campus" address. Brady bows to polit......

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August 30, 2010

Strippers with College Degrees

George Leef

If this is accurate, about 25 percent have college degrees. I'm not aware of any college courses that teach this particular field of endeavor, but that will probably happen in time.

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August 30, 2010

Fall Academic Questions Articles Available Online

Ashley Thorne

NAS has posted three articles from the forthcoming fall issue of Academic Questions at NAS.org. They are: How Scholarships Morphed into Financial Aid by Jackson Toby Scholarships should be bas......

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