February 8, 2010

Help NAS Through 'Give a Tweet'

Ashley Thorne

Be the first to donate to the National Association of Scholars through Give a Tweet, a new Twitter fundraising site! Give a Tweet enables companies and individuals to match donations so that giving......

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February 8, 2010

On Dewey and Critical Thinking

Ashley Thorne

At American Thinker, Chuck Roger considers the damage done to education by John Dewey: Psychologizing introduced an emotionalism to education that defocused the student from facts, knowledge, and......

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February 8, 2010

Light a Candle: For-Profit Education, Online Learning

Jonathan Bean

As everyone knows, state funding of higher education is notoriously unreliable. After a nationwide surge in direct spending to universities (the boom years), the bust has arrived. Big surprise. Whil......

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February 8, 2010

Radio Segment on 'The Death of Manliness'

Ashley Thorne

NAS communications director appeared on a radio broadcast to speak about the latest efforts to discredit men on college campuses.

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February 8, 2010

The Green Police, They Live Inside My Head

Ashley Thorne

A Super Bowl commercial prompts confusion as to whether the sustainabullies are good or bad.

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February 5, 2010

Med School Tailgate Parties?

Glenn Ricketts

I know that many people, especially teenagers and college students don't exercise a great deal of discretion with regard to Facebook postings these days.  I wasn't quite ready for this......

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February 5, 2010

Bertonneau, Part Deux

George Leef

In this Pope Center essay, Professor Tom Bertonneau argues that many young Americans -- those who disdain books and any but the lightest reading -- are sliding back into the state that precedes litera......

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February 4, 2010

Chico State Student Newspaper on Academic Freedom

Ashley Thorne

The editorial staff of the Orion, the student newspaper at Chico State University, have written an article entitled "Academic Freedom Not a License to Say, Do Anything." They write: Professors sho......

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February 4, 2010

“Will I See You in September or Lose You to the University of Phoenix?”

David Clemens

California has too many students and not enough cash. Last semester, De Anza college opened with 8,000 students still looking for classes. Sorry, kids! Most schools cap their enrollment to the numbe......

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After Claudine

The idea has caught on that the radical left overplayed its hand in DEI and is now vulnerable to those of us who seek major reforms. This is not, however, the first time that the a......

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Tribalism or Individualism?

The most immediate work of conservatives must be the rejection of tribalism and a refocus on the individual—individual character, industry, and aptitude....

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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....