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March 21, 2013

Ask a Scholar: Why Gridlock?

Glenn Ricketts

Is gridlock in our poitical system accidental or innate?

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March 20, 2013

Scholar in Conservative Thought Appointed at CU Boulder - Wise or Wrong?

Ashley Thorne

Does filling a named position in conservative thought and policy prove that the University of Colorado at Boulder is intellectually open-minded?

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March 20, 2013

What goes beyond the academic pale?

George Leef

What are the limits for academic departments when inviting speakers to campus?

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March 19, 2013

Why “Comprehensive” History is Controversial

Ashley Thorne

Two new bills that would require general education requirements for U.S. history to be met by courses providing "a comprehensive survey" are seen as a threat by proponents of Mexican American studie......

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March 18, 2013

Bowdoin College and Financial Aid

Michael Toscano

NAS has published its tenth entry, "'Financial Aid at Bowdoin: A History," in its series of contextualizing observations for the Bowdoin Project.

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