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August 18, 2010

A Debate on the Higher Ed "Business Model"

George Leef

Last February, I participated in a debate organized by the Miller Center of Public Affairs and broadcast on PBS. That was one in a series of debates on issues of national importance the Miller Cente......

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August 18, 2010

Collegiate Press Roundup 8-18-10

Glenn Ricketts

Student journalists tackle gay marriage, weird psychology studies and state liquor regulations.

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August 18, 2010

5 Consequences of Administrative Bloat

Ashley Thorne

What happens to higher education when universities are dominated by administrators?

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August 17, 2010

Ladies First? Here Comes the OCR

Glenn Ricketts

Gender equity full timers are at it again - you didn't really think, did you, that they'd run out of things to complain about? The earth-shaking injustice in their minds this time centers on......

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August 17, 2010

Ravitch Repentant

Peter Cohee

Peter Cohee reviews Diane Ravitch's book, a partial volte-face, The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education.

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