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August 22, 2013

Common Core State Standards: College and Career Readiness

William H. Young

William Young discusses the serious decline in literacy and quantitative skills among students currently entering college.

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August 21, 2013

"Residence Life" Resurrected

George Leef

George Leef on the divisiveness of a diversity-oriented housing program at UNC.

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August 20, 2013

Educational Malpractice Abounding

George Leef

George Leef on the real harms inflicted by mismatch in higher ed.

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August 20, 2013

Not So Immortal: The Compromised Life of Common Reading Programs

Peter Wood

Peter Wood on what common reading assignments say about the intellectual life of colleges.

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August 19, 2013

“Common Readings” at Colleges Uncommonly Political, Scholars Find

National Association of Scholars

PRESS RELEASE: The National Association of Scholars (NAS) has released Beach Books 2012-2013, its third annual study of common reading programs at American colleges and universities.

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