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May 12, 2010

We Told You So: UC Fulfills NAS Prophecy

Ashley Thorne

NAS predictions are coming true as the University of California opts for online undergraduate education.

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May 12, 2010

To Serve Mann: Virginia

Peter Wood

Is the climate fraud investigation a breach or an exercise of academic freedom?

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May 11, 2010

Symposium: Student Life

Adam Pascarella

This symposium by eight student writers provides an inside view of campus life today and appeared in the "Student Culture" issue of Academic Questions (vol. 23, no. 2).

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May 10, 2010

Great Books and Democracy

David Clemens

I just hosted a three-week colloquium exploring the relationship between great books and democracy which featured former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky, classicist and military historian......

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May 7, 2010

College Doesn't Seem to Make People More Economically Literate

George Leef

That's the conclusion authors Zeljka Buturovic and Daniel Klein reach from their analysis of Zogby polling data. I haven't read the article (in Econ Journal Watch) yet, but will probably hav......

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