May 5, 2010

UNC's "Economic and Social Justice" Minor

George Leef

In today's Pope Center Clarion Call, Jay Schalin writes about the "Economic and Social Justice" minor offered at UNC-Chapel Hill. Unfortunately, the minor is the brainchild of a far-left profess......

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May 5, 2010

Sustainability News 05-05-10

Ashley Thorne

In sustainability news this week are 'green' graduation garb, Unity College's newly enlisted energy monitor, the 'new era' of sustainability, and a political science professor......

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May 4, 2010

College Students Aspire to Be Citizens of the World

Ashley Thorne

Over at NAS.org, we occasionally re-post one or two pieces from the same month a year ago in order not to lose sight of some of NAS's best articles and the ones that have received the most atten......

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May 3, 2010

What Academia Could Learn from the Business World

Ashley Thorne

Results-based accountability, for one thing, writes NAS board member Herbert London in his editorial, "Profit vs. Proselytizing: Business Lore and Academic Practice."

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May 3, 2010

Schools and Groups Train Young Eco-Warriors to 'Green' Their Parents

Ashley Thorne

Children today are getting a strong message from their schools, extra-curricular activities, and popular culture: "You need to help your parents live greener." Reinforcing this message are campaigns......

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May 3, 2010

Toward Truth in Testing

Candace de Russy

It seems that some teachers and administrators, when offered incentives (within systems such as No Child Left Behind) for boosting students' test scores, act unethically to inflate the......

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May 3, 2010

Bob Lerner, In Memoriam

Steve Balch

NAS remembers Bob Lerner, one of our first members and a brilliant statistician.

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April 30, 2010

My Thoughts on CLS v. Martinez

George Leef

Should campus groups be able to limit membership only to those who share a set of beliefs? Put it that way and the matter seems pretty innocuous. Ah, but if you state that in a pejorative way -- sho......

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April 30, 2010

Radio Segment on 'Indoctrinate Our Kids and Green My Parents'

Ashley Thorne

A discussion on the consequences of urging children to monitor their parents' energy and water use in the home.

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April 29, 2010

Ayers Has the Right to Speak

Ashley Thorne

NAS Chairman Steve Balch defends the right of Bill Ayers - former leader of the radical communist group the Weather Underground to speak at the University of Wyoming. "We need more debate rather tha......

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