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April 30, 2020

Failing Our Students in a Crisis

John O. McGinnis

Technological progress will not maximize learning if our educational institutions are mired in an ideology that prevents full use of the tools.

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April 28, 2020

Admissions Lotteries v.s. Merit

David Acevedo

How should college admissions change in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic? One scholar argues for random lotteries across the board.

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April 24, 2020

Toward a Renewed Study of Western Civilization

David Acevedo

A review of NAS's recent report, The Lost History of Western Civilization, by acclaimed historian Robert Paquette.

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April 24, 2020

Teaching Uncertainty

David Randall

The coronavirus pandemic has flung abstruse questions of scientific modeling to the forefront of public consciousness. How is the public to evaluate models intelligently?

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April 21, 2020

In Review: “The Breakdown of Higher Education”

David Acevedo

In his new book, John Ellis proposes strong legislative solutions to combat the ideological homogeneity in American higher education.

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