June 6, 2011

Debate: Will a Push to Increase College Enrollment Lead to Lower Standards?

Ashley Thorne and Peter Wood debated Education Sector's Kevin Carey on Minnesota Public Radio's online forum Insight Now.

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June 3, 2011

Tiger Mother at the Gym

Ashley Thorne

"I compared his math homework to a Chinese math assignment, and his is much easier."

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June 3, 2011

Making the Grade

Glenn Ricketts

A recent piece at Inside Higher Education really has 'em going. The editor notes that it drew the most comments of any piece last month by far. The article focuses on a survey conducted by two e......

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June 3, 2011

New Resource at NAS.org: Education Stats

Ashley Thorne

NAS now offers a sampling of statistics and charts on higher education.

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June 3, 2011

Untenuring Tenure

Peter Wood

Peter Wood weighs Naomi Schaefer Riley’s arguments for abolishing tenure in her book The Faculty Lounges.

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June 3, 2011

Collegiate Press Roundup

Glenn Ricketts

Student journalists weigh in on hookah smoking, same sex marriage, inactive campus political activists and the need to extend broader gun rights to undergraduates.

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June 2, 2011

Video: Peter Wood Gives Congressional Testimony on Social Science Research

Ashley Thorne

Peter Wood argues before Congress that the National Science Foundation (NSF) should continue to fund research in the social, behavioral, and economic sciences, but that it should make strategic cuts......

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June 2, 2011

Understanding the Constitution - No Comment

Glenn Ricketts

A college student's view of how to improve public understanding of the Electoral College

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June 2, 2011

Can You Drop It on Your Foot?

John Maguire

A college writing professor urges students to avoid "abstractitis" and use concrete nouns.

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