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July 2, 2013

Diversity After Fisher: The Establishment Speaks

Peter Wood

Doubts about racial preferences could cause fissures in higher ed's coral reef of "diversity."

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July 1, 2013

Federal Loan Interest Rate Doubles

Ashley Thorne

Time is up, and future student borrowers will feel the sting of government control of higher education finance as a 6.8 percent interest rate on Stafford loans goes into effect.

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July 1, 2013

Women and Philosophy

Tessa Carter

Will studying more female philosophers draw more women to philosophy? Dr. Wood weighs in.

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July 1, 2013

Ask a Scholar: Compare Views of Liberty in Late Colonial America

Martin Burke

Professor Martin Burke sorts out several contrasting views of liberty found in late colonial America.

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July 1, 2013

The Common Core: Better Than the Old Standards

Peter Machera

Peter Machera compares the Common Core State Standards to the "education standards of old."

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