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February 3, 2012

Collegiate Press Roundup

Glenn Ricketts

Student news hawks have a look at the president's state of the union address, lament the media's focus on trivia in covering the GOP primaries, demand that campus activists stop disrupting g......

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February 2, 2012

Civics Lessons

Peter Wood

Peter Wood critiques the new AAC&U report on college-level civics education.

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February 2, 2012

Dollars for Diversity and Equity at U of Az

Glenn Ricketts

Those agitating for social justice get a financial boost at the University of Arizona

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February 2, 2012

Capitalism and Western Civilization - The Founding

William H. Young

William Young discusses the founding of the American commercial republic in the context of Western Civilization.

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February 1, 2012

A Famous University Where the Faculty is Split Between Adults and Spoiled Children

George Leef

Economic professor William Anderson is writing about Duke, but his observation applies to most universities — some professors take scholarly work seriously and others use their positions to be......

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