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November 17, 2010

A Glimpse of Culture Change at Princeton

Ashley Thorne

Princeton's sustainability open house confirmed that "it's about changing habits."

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November 17, 2010

Wesleyan's Affirmative Action Reaction

Ashley Thorne

Faculty and students at Wesleyan University lashed out in anger against a campus group for its demonstration on the injustice of racial preferences.

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November 16, 2010

MyFuture.com: A Good Resource for Young Adults

Ashley Thorne

I recently discovered MyFuture.com, a website for high school students to help them decide what to do as they begin adulthood. It has three branches: career, college, and military, and it has clear......

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November 15, 2010

Humanities in the 21st Century

Ashley Thorne

At the Chronicle's blog Innovations, Peter Wood gleans prophetic hints about higher education from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Center for 21st Century Studies. He sees the Center a......

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November 15, 2010

UNC Stonewalls Information Request on Faculty Research

George Leef

In today's Pope Center piece, Jay Schalin writes about the way the UNC English Department has stonewalled his efforts at gathering information on the research publications of faculty members. It......

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