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February 9, 2010

Professor Bertonneau Replies

George Leef

       Tom Bertonneau's recent articles for the Pope Center have drawn some criticism on the NAS blog. He has written this reply: The responses posted on this......

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February 9, 2010

Overheard at Starbuck's: A Parents Call

Ashley Thorne

Parents and grandparents of college students, we’d love to hear from you. Do you have a memorable comment your child has said about his or her college experience?

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February 8, 2010

Help NAS Through 'Give a Tweet'

Ashley Thorne

Be the first to donate to the National Association of Scholars through Give a Tweet, a new Twitter fundraising site! Give a Tweet enables companies and individuals to match donations so that giving......

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February 8, 2010

On Dewey and Critical Thinking

Ashley Thorne

At American Thinker, Chuck Roger considers the damage done to education by John Dewey: Psychologizing introduced an emotionalism to education that defocused the student from facts, knowledge, and......

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February 8, 2010

Light a Candle: For-Profit Education, Online Learning

Jonathan Bean

As everyone knows, state funding of higher education is notoriously unreliable. After a nationwide surge in direct spending to universities (the boom years), the bust has arrived. Big surprise. Whil......

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