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July 10, 2012

The Texas Model of Higher Education Reform

Thomas K. Lindsay

Texas is trying some innovative ideas for higher education, setting a good example for the rest of the country.

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July 9, 2012

Anger and the Banality of Academe

Peter Wood

A contemporary poet's creations capture the spirit of the academy: angry, disdainful of America, mostly nonsensical.

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July 6, 2012

The Trouble with Multiculturalism

Clifford D. May

A new book by Salim Mansur, born an Indian Muslim, argues that multiculturalism propagates the false notion that all cultures are equally good.

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July 6, 2012

Elegies, Part 2

Peter Wood

Regretting cultural loss is valuable when it shows us the way forward. 

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July 5, 2012

Elegies, Part 1

Peter Wood

Reforming higher education is not just about nostalgia for the past.

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