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February 23, 2011

Cutting Oversized State University Budgets Down to Size

George Leef

In this week's Pope Center Clarion Call, Jay Schalin writes about the need to pare down North Carolina's spending on higher education in the face of a large budget deficit.

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February 22, 2011

Bloggers Pick Up Connell Interview

Ashley Thorne

Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit picked up Ashley Thorne's interview with Professor Lawrence Connell from Volokh, and Paul L. Caron at TaxProf Blog also weighed in.

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February 22, 2011

Disincentives to Academic Rigor Converge

Ashley Thorne

NAS member William Pannapacker (writing under the pen name Thomas H. Benton) has another insightful article in the CHE, asserting that a number of powerful forces have come together discourage acade......

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February 22, 2011

Medical Ethics, Medical Schools, and the Wisconsin Protests

George Leef

Dr. Paul Hsieh writes here about medical ethics, medical schools, and dishonesty. 

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