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Read thoughts and initiatives from the National Association of Scholars.

March 30, 2011

Ask a Scholar: Third Party Possibilities

Hubert P. van Tuyll

What are the dangers of a third caucus arising in American politics?

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March 30, 2011

Audience Participation

Will Fitzhugh

Students should take responsibility for their own motivation to learn, not rely on teachers to provide it for them.

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March 29, 2011

Diversity Mania in Law Schools

George Leef

This Chronicle article covers a recent symposium on that most horrific of problems, an inadequate level of diversity. The focus of this particular symposium was insufficient diversity in the legal p......

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March 29, 2011

Unnatural Selection

Peter Wood

Peter Wood comments on a new study claiming that self-selection by liberal students explains the leftward tilt of academe.

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March 29, 2011

A Flawed Experiment

Peter Wood

Peter Wood comments on a study that looked for political bias in graduate schools

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