April 13, 2011

Another Crack in the "College for Everyone" Dike

George Leef

Harvard's Pathways to Prosperity project challenges the conventional wisdom that the U.S. simply must process more young people through college, saying that for many young people, there are bett......

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April 13, 2011

Libertarian Defends Professor Cronon (While Blasting the Hypocrisy of the Left)

Jonathan Bean

Over at the leading libertarian magazine, Reason, writer Shikha Dalmia attacks conservatives for using FOIA laws to invade the privacy of historian William Cronon. At the same time, Dalmia defends O......

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April 13, 2011

NAS Defends Freedom of Speech in Barnes v. Zaccari

Ashley Thorne

NAS joins a coalition of fifteen organizations to defend freedom of speech at Valdosta State University.

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April 13, 2011

Preferred Colleagues

Peter Wood

Peter Wood examines a new study of hiring biases that faculty members admit to holding.

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April 13, 2011

"Science Isn't Partisan": An Interview with Richard Muller

Ashley Thorne

Berkeley physics professor Richard Muller, who is leading a new independent study of global warming, shares his views on science, carbon footprints, and global warming policy.

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April 12, 2011

Ask a Scholar: Is There a Connection Between Foreign Aid and Civil Rights?

William C. Widenor

Is American humanitarianism related to a felt need to project an image of the US as compassionate, in contrast to its history of racial discrimination?

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April 12, 2011

The Distracted Generation

Jason Fertig

A new book on the internet's effects on the brain opens a window into this generation's world. Instead of learning to fight distraction, we are teaching ourselves to always be distracted.

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April 11, 2011

Taking Our Civilization for Granted

Ashley Thorne

At Pajamas Media, Steve Balch has a two-part series, "Is Our Civilization a Bubble?"

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April 11, 2011

April 13 is Class Action Day

Ashley Thorne

A coalition of faculty unions and organizations, including the California Faculty Association (CFA), the AAUP, the American Federation of Teachers, and the National Education Association, have creat......

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April 11, 2011

How Heavy Is That Teaching Load, Really?

George Leef

In today’s Pope Center piece,  Jay Schalin looks at the recent statement by the UNC system that appears to overstate the amount of teaching that professors actually do.

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