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December 8, 2010

Graduation Rate Fuzzy Math

Jason Fertig

What do graduation rates really tell us?

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December 8, 2010

"Educating for Wholeness, Social Justice and Liberation"...No Comment

Ashley Thorne

A CSU-Chico faculty book club will read a book by an Iowa State professor who advances a pedagogy "that encompasses wholeness, multiculturalism, and contemplative practice, [...] and helps students......

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December 8, 2010

Sustainability News: December 2010

Ashley Thorne

“If the early 21st century could be said to have a secular religion, it would be the mantra of sustainability,” writes Warren Meyer on Forbes.com. In this religion, American colleges and u......

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December 7, 2010

Campus Discontinues Helen Thomas Award; Thomas 'Anti-Semitic'

Candace de Russy

Wayne State University recently junked its Helen Thomas Spirit of Diversity in Media award after the former White House correspondent, in a workshop on anti-Arab bias, said that the U......

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December 6, 2010

Anthropology Association Rejecting Science?

Peter Wood

A look at the implications of the American Anthropological Association's proposal to define "science" out of anthropology.

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