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March 17, 2011

College Costs More Because States are Defunding It

George Leef

So goes one of the standard explanations for the continual rise in the cost of going to college. In this Cato@Liberty post, Neal McCluskey tears it apart. Until recently, college and university lead......

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March 17, 2011

College Degrees: Neither Necessary Nor Sufficient for Success

George Leef

So argues William Cohan in this NYT Opinionator blog post. He focuses on a number of highly successful people who made it without college credentials. This is the point of Peter Thiel's entrepre......

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March 16, 2011

Some College Students Really Do Learn Critical Thinking

George Leef

In this week’s Pope Center Clarion Call,  Professor David Clemens discusses the general failure to teach college students critical thinking — despite the fact that many schools trum......

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March 16, 2011

Widener Dean Pursues Punishment for Law Prof Who Used Hypotheticals in Class

Ashley Thorne

A press release by Lawrence Connell's lawyer states that Dean Ammons is ignoring the recommendations of the faculty committee to drop charges against Professor Connell.

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March 16, 2011

NPR Blues

Peter Wood

Peter Wood elucidates the views of the NPR executive fired for his unguarded disparaging of conservatives as anti-intellectual.

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