October 31, 2008

Secrets, Secrets Are No Fun

Ashley Thorne

The college-driven trend to divulge says something about higher education's vision of itself as therapeutic.

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October 30, 2008

NAS Urges WASC: Do Not Accredit Racial Preferences

Santa Rosa Junior College's accreditation must be contingent on fairness in its hiring.

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October 30, 2008

Dinner with Dick and Jane

Peter Wood

Reading instruction has come a long way (or is it far gone?) since We Come and Go.

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October 29, 2008

Ichabod Rides Again: A Halloween Fable

Peter Wood

What happenned to the teacher from Sleepy Hollow who longed to see the "whole child."

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October 28, 2008

The College Backgrounds of America's Talking Heads

Tom Wood

Have the liberal arts influenced our nation's leading political analysts?

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October 27, 2008

NAS to APA: Stop Digging

Peter Wood

The APA proposes changes to its accreditation requirements on diversity - and digs itself further into the hole of double standards.

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October 24, 2008

Monotone Lullabies

Ashley Thorne

What to make of a university that appears an island of relative sanity?

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October 23, 2008

Unpacking

Peter Wood

After disputations about the nature of the family, reading Raggedy Ann is a welcome escape into childhood.

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October 22, 2008

Harassed by Harassment Codes?

Glenn Ricketts

Sexual harassment codes - codes that often infringe on faculty rights and that poison collegiality on campus - are making a comeback.

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