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October 20, 2010

Scholarship Opportunities for Grad and Undergrad Students

Keri Anderson

IHS is offering up to $15,000 for academic research that explores the principles, practices, and institutions necessary to a free society.

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October 19, 2010

Trick or Vote

Ashley Thorne

Among my sustainability emails today is a message from the Energy Action Coalition ("the hub of the youth climate movement") encouraging people to "scare big oil" this Halloween by organizing Tri......

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October 19, 2010

Reading Pages, Reading Screens

Ashley Thorne

NAS published articles on both sides of the debate over the future of reading. One held up the merits of traditional books and asserted that we have much to lose as human beings if we abandon the pr......

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October 19, 2010

A Kindled Spirit

Jason Fertig

An argument in defense of eReaders: they aren't killing books or our attention spans.

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October 18, 2010

NYT Debate: Do Colleges Need French Departments?

Ashley Thorne

In light of SUNY-Albany's cuts to its foreign language programs, the New York Times asked eight higher ed experts, "Do colleges need French departments?" Heres a takeaway sentence from each one.......

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