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January 13, 2010

Tribalization of Science

Mitchell Langbert

Two years ago I blogged that the hard sciences had not suffered the political correctness that has hamstrung the social sciences.  In response,  Frank Tipler, a mathematical physicist at T......

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January 13, 2010

Making Higher Education Count

Ashley Thorne

How do we know whether American universities are really educating students?

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January 12, 2010

Response to Progressive Scholar

Candace de Russy

Last week I posted a copy of an exam from an introductory sociology class, forwarded to me by a colleague. The test was graded 100%. I quoted the exam at length and noted that sadly “A student......

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January 11, 2010

High School Reform: What Smart Students Want (and Need)

Jonathan Bean

I received the following post from Concord Review editor Will Fitzhugh. This book excerpt drives home the need for high schools to emphasize more writing and research. As a college instructor of "hi......

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January 8, 2010

Marxist Education - Ho, Hum

Glenn Ricketts

Apparently it's it's not a big deal to note the influence of Marxist ideas in schools of education, as long as it's done by a member of the guild. Check out this recent piece by our frie......

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