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January 7, 2010

LGBT Rights in Music Education

Mitchell Langbert

Professor Louis Bergonzi of the University of Illinois has written an article in Music Educators Journal arguing for increased emphasis on the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT......

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January 7, 2010

Gonzaga Studies Hate

Glenn Ricketts

Gonzaga University's Institute for Action Against Hate misses an opportunity to shed academic light on human hate, settling instead on politically correct answers.

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January 6, 2010

Earth Charter U

Ashley Thorne

Check out my article at NAS.org on Florida Gulf Coast University and its love affair with the Earth Charter, a United Nations sustainability document.

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January 6, 2010

Law Schools are Losing Their Effectiveness

George Leef

So argues Suffolk University Law School professor Charles Rounds in this piece the Pope Center released Monday. The problem is that the old law school core curriculum is going the way of the undergr......

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January 6, 2010

Can Arne Duncan make our Ed Schools Good?

George Leef

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has spoken about the mediocrity of most education schools and says he is committed to improving them. I'm skeptical. I don't think he really understands wh......

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