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November 29, 2011

Three Cheers for Useless Education

J.M. Anderson

A community college dean argues that the value of a liberal arts education is not primarily monetary or vocational, and that's just fine.

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November 29, 2011

No Undergrad Degree Is Worth $250,000

Ashley Thorne

So says financial expert Dave Ramsey to a woman whose stepdaughter wants her parents to finance her $250,000 private college education.  

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November 28, 2011

The Curriculum of Forgetting

Peter Wood

Peter Wood proposes a cure for higher education’s forgetfulness about the West’s cultural heritage.

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November 28, 2011

A Professor Who Encourages His Students to Meet the Challenge

George Leef

Last Friday, the Pope Center published this letter from biology professor Steven Aird to his students, encouraging them to meet the challenge of his course and not expect a passing grade just for sh......

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November 23, 2011

Collegiate Press Roundup

Glenn Ricketts

Student news beats sound off on Thanksgiving, the budget logjam in Washington, the fallacies of population control and the wrong way to stop internet piracy.

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