June 28, 2011

Bryan Caplan Counterattacks Against David Leonhardt

George Leef

I suspect that there will be quite a few posts regarding David Leonhardt’s NYT hit piece on those of us who argue that we have oversold college and ought to stop promoting the notion that it&r......

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June 28, 2011

Arnold Kling Versus David Leonhardt

George Leef

My friend Arnold Kling takes issue with several points in Leonhardt’s piece, especially his supposition that when people with college degrees who do work that doesn’t call for academic t......

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June 28, 2011

CAS Chairman's Testimony Against Racial Preferences Bill for California State Senate Education Committee

Charles Geshekter

Testimony of CAS Chairman Charles Geshekter testimony before the California Senate education against SB 185, April 27, 2011.

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June 28, 2011

Video: The Triumph of Judicial Conservatism

Ed Whelan joins Andy Nash for a conversation on “judicial conservatism” and the state of law school education, civics, and the relationship between the law, Western Civilization, and the......

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June 27, 2011

Faculty Members, But Not Teachers

Glenn Ricketts

First Things editor R.R. Reno takes a look at the ongoing discussion about the connection between ever-increasing costs at academic institutions and the large number of faculty members who do little......

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June 27, 2011

Tyranny or Theft? Part II

Peter Wood

In the second of three installments, Peter Wood examines the impact of the sustainability movement on free inquiry and the the unfortunate experience of one scientist who dissented from the views of......

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June 24, 2011

The Reverse Metamorphosis of Sustainability: Governance

William H. Young

William Young concludes his series on the goals of the sustainability movement, and considers its implications for the constitutional order.

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June 24, 2011

Collegiate Press Roundup

Glenn Ricketts

Student reporters take a look at the question of faculty diversity, the value of a college degree, the philosophical implications of hashtags and the need to re-think our basic educational prioritie......

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June 23, 2011

CEI Attorney on OCR's New Sexual Harassment Procedures

Glenn Ricketts

I noted recently that the US Education Department's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) had mandated new standards under which colleges and universities recieving federal funds would be obligated to i......

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June 23, 2011

The Reverse Metamorphsis of Sustainability: Economy

William H. Young

In the third of his four-part series on the goals of the sustainability movement, William Young ponders its probable economic impact.

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