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April 7, 2010

Back to the Future: The New Campus Radicals

Jay Schalin

Fighting tuition increases is the innocent face of radical activism on campus. Recent protests led by college students have been rallies to transform civil society according to redistributive principl......

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April 6, 2010

Why Aren't More Women STEM'in?

Ashley Thorne

Last week I published "Bias, Barriers, or Biology" in response to the AAUW's March report Why So Few? on why fewer women than men pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and ma......

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April 6, 2010

The Politics of Professors - Again

Glenn Ricketts

There's a piece at yesterday's Inside Higher Education which examines some new research on the ideological orientation of the professoriate. The authors of the study, Neil Gross and his Univ......

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April 6, 2010

Earth Day Soon to Dawn

Candace de Russy

On April 22, as Nancy Kennon alerts us at Family Security Matters,  students young and older will be guided in discussions or activities about protecting the environment. Parents, young adults......

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April 6, 2010

All Wired Up: Six Questions Technology in the Classroom Raises

Jessica Custer

Does using technology in the classroom advance or hinder the academic pursuit of truth?

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