June 14, 2011

Boys and Girls: No Longer Together at Catholic U

Glenn Ricketts

The president of Catholic University announced yesterday in this Wall Street Journal piece that, starting next Fall, his school would begin a phased return to single-sex dorms for undergraduates.

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June 14, 2011

Video: Robert Weissberg on Affirmative Action in the Academy

Political scientist Bob Weissberg reflects on campus affirmative action policies.

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June 14, 2011

Multiculturalism in a Different Key

Glenn Ricketts

A look at multiculturalism through a different lens.

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June 13, 2011

Florida State Brouhaha Is Much Ado About Nothing

George Leef

So argues Duke professor Michael Munger here. The hard left needs to keep up a stream of pseudo-issues to keep its base whipped up. When the FSU/Koch Foundation flap stops working, they'll repla......

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June 13, 2011

4 Purposes of the University: Idaho State U Faculty Chairman Quotes NAS President

Ashley Thorne

In his speech on Saturday at the AAUP conference, Idaho State University Faculty Senate Chairman Phil Cole said, In the words of Peter Wood, President of the National Association of Scholars, a un......

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June 13, 2011

How to Save the Social Sciences

Peter Wood

NAS President Peter Wood explains how to approach NSF funding in the social sciences during a national budgetary crisis.

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June 13, 2011

Whose Imperative?

Douglas Campbell

The president of CSU-Chico declares that there is a “diversity imperative,” but inadvertently reveals his true agenda.

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June 13, 2011

Programming Scientists to Perform Social Engineering

Chuck Rogér

Chuck Rogér spots red flags in an ASU alumni magazine that represent a movement in higher education to politicize science.

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June 10, 2011

The Push to Put More Students in College Ignores Human Uniqueness

Ashley Thorne

I posted this as a comment on Richard Kahlenberg's Innovations blog post, "The College-for-All Debate" Peter Wood and I debated Education Sector's Kevin Carey last week in a four-day onlin......

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June 10, 2011

Keep Funding for Good Work in Social Sciences, Peter Wood Says

Ashley Thorne

 At a June 2 hearing of the Congressional Subcommittee on Research and Science Education, Peter Wood urged for "cuts to be made shrewdly" to national funding for the social sciences.

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