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September 26, 2012

Strange (But Not Necessarily Bad) Majors

George Leef

Some of the America's weirdest college majors include theme park engineering, bagpiping, and poultry science.

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September 26, 2012

Wasteful Productivity

Mark Bauerlein

The way humanities departments at research universities measure productivity – by counting publications – incentivizes unproductiveness in teaching.

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September 25, 2012

No Child Left Behind, Ten Years Later

Crystal Plum

Robert Maranto and Rod Paige review NCLB's effects on American public education.

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September 24, 2012

FIRE President Scores Suppression of Free Speech at Auburn

Glenn Ricketts

Auburn suppresses free speech but there's no outrage.  Greg Lukianoff is dismayed.

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