March 28, 2013

The Implausible "Stereotype Threat" Excuse

George Leef

Defenders of affirmative action must work hard to explain away a serious problem: the tendency for the students admitted due to preferences to do relatively poorly in their coursework.

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March 28, 2013

Bowdoin College's Liberated Students

Michael Toscano

NAS has published its thirteenth and final entry, "Active Learners: The Liberated Student," in its series of contextualizing observations for the Bowdoin Project.

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March 28, 2013

Ask a Scholar – U.S. v. Cruikshank

Robert Heidt

Did a Reconstruction-era Supreme Court decision restrict legal remedies for African Americans?

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March 27, 2013

Little Imagination in the Gates Foundation Papers to "Reimagine" Federal Student Aid

George Leef

The Gates Foundation commissions 15 papers on “reimagining” federal student aid.

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March 26, 2013

Supreme Court to Hear Proposition 2 Case

Glenn Ricketts

The Supreme Court will rule on Michigan's ban on the use of racial preferences in public universities.

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March 25, 2013

A Defense of "Research-Teaching" at Bowdoin College

Michael Toscano

NAS has published its twelfth entry, "Research-Teachers: A Validation," in its series of contextualizing observations for the Bowdoin Project.

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March 21, 2013

Bowdoin College, from Teaching to "Research-Teaching"

Michael Toscano

NAS has published its eleventh entry, "From Collegiate Professors to Research-Teachers," in its series of contextualizing observations for the Bowdoin Project.

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March 21, 2013

Ask a Scholar: Why Gridlock?

Glenn Ricketts

Is gridlock in our poitical system accidental or innate?

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March 20, 2013

Scholar in Conservative Thought Appointed at CU Boulder - Wise or Wrong?

Ashley Thorne

Does filling a named position in conservative thought and policy prove that the University of Colorado at Boulder is intellectually open-minded?

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