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September 12, 2012

Elite Colleges and the Coming Apart of America

George Leef

Charles Murray's new book argues that our elite colleges and universities are partially responsible for what he sees as America's unraveling. Is this true?

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September 12, 2012

AQ Fall 2012 Issue: “A Crucible Moment? A Forum on the President’s Call for a New Civics”

Crystal Plum

The fall 2012 issue of NAS’s journal Academic Questions presents a forum in which scholars respond to a call for a new kind of civics education.

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September 11, 2012

The "Existential" Crisis in Higher Education

Glenn Ricketts

The president of Syracuse analyzes the existentialism of higher education's current predicament.

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September 11, 2012

Are Modern Professors Experts on Good and Evil?

Bruce W. Davidson

An international conference on "perspectives on evil" revealed academics' weak understanding of morality.

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