May 4, 2012

"Teaching as a Subversive Activity": The Theory of Political Indoctrination

Zombie

Teachers have a "moral imperative" to shape students' beliefs and make them "agents for change," declared a lanugage professor at a recent Berkeley lecture.

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May 4, 2012

Ruminations at the end of the semester

Daniel Asia

I have recently returned from a trip abroad.  In receiving my peanuts, pretzels and drink during the flight, I also received two napkins.

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May 4, 2012

Where the Job Growth Will Be

George Leef

Most of the job openings in the labor market in the next decade won't require college education.

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May 3, 2012

College Is a Drain

Ashley Thorne

This week brought a shower of pronouncements about how college is squandering American resources. 

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May 3, 2012

Capitalism and Western Civilization: Community Colleges

William H. Young

William Young examines the role of Community Colleges in American higher education.

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May 2, 2012

UCLA: Still Obsessed with Diversity

Peter Wood

The College of Letters and Science at the University of California-Los Angeles will soon vote on whether to add a required general education course called "Community and Conflict" - which simply tur......

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May 1, 2012

How to Be Succinct

Peter Wood

Peter Wood suggests ways to keep it short.

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April 30, 2012

Fang Lizhi, 1991 Sidney Hook Award Recipient

Glenn Ricketts

NAS mourns the passing of an intrepid advocate of free inquiry and democracy.

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April 30, 2012

Give It the Old College Try

Richard Vedder

Richard Vedder criticizes low interest student loans, which he says will not be of much benefit to students and will serve to entice people to go to college unnecessarily.

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In Memoriam: David Horowitz

We celebrate and remember the life of David Horowitz, a champion of intellectual freedom and truth-telling during a long era of lies, collective self-deception, and institutional malfea......