July 23, 2010

The Scandal Goes On

Ashley Thorne

Students continue to be punished for their beliefs in schools of social work and counseling.

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July 23, 2010

Map: Proportion of American Adults with College Degrees

Ashley Thorne

Achieving President Obama's goal of becoming the world's most-educated nation will require approximately doubling the size of higher education. Is that a good thing?

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July 22, 2010

Striving for Socio-Economic Diversity

George Leef

In this Chronicle post, Richard Kahlenberg responds to some criticism (which he labels as "right" and "left") of his signature issue, namely promoting socio-economic diversity as another criterion i......

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July 22, 2010

Campuses''Chokepoint Charlies'

Candace de Russy

Tom Blumer observes that our leftist universities and their ilk possess and abuse their power to destroy careers and control people's lives. The communists, he says, constructed checkpoints, whe......

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July 21, 2010

The Adams Case and the First Amendment

George Leef

In this week's Pope Center Clarion Call, Professor Donald Downs (author of Restoring Free Speech and Liberty on Campus) discusses the lawsuit UNC-Wilmington professor Mike Adams has brought agai......

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July 21, 2010

Collegiate Press Roundup 7-21-10

Glenn Ricketts

Student journalists tackle state politics, classics and contempory social malaise and why Kansas isn't cool.

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July 21, 2010

For Goodness Sake: Sustainability Ponders Ethics

Ashley Thorne

“Being sustainable has become more-or-less synonymous with being good,” two professors write. But even sustainability can be either virtuous or vulgar, depending on your motive.

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July 20, 2010

Academia Hostile to Conservatives? The Jury's Still Out

Ashley Thorne

Is there a strong bias against conservatives in higher education? Researchers have produced numerous studies to examine this question. They have sought to measure bias quantitatively through various......

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July 20, 2010

College Tuition vs. Home Prices vs. CPI...No Comment

Ashley Thorne

Chart: is college education the next bubble set to burst?

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A Portrait of Claireve Grandjouan

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Where Did We Get the Idea That Only White People Can Be Racist?

A look at the double standard that has arisen regarding racism, illustrated recently by the reaction to a black professor's biased comments on Twitter....

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Ask a Scholar: What is the True Definition of Latino?

What does it mean to be Latino? Are only Latin American people Latino, or does the term apply to anyone whose language derived from Latin?...

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Ask a Scholar: What Does YHWH Elohim Mean?

A reader asks, "If Elohim refers to multiple 'gods,' then Yhwh Elohim really means Lord of Gods...the one of many, right?" A Hebrew expert answers....