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November 14, 2011

"Diversity": Is There Anything It Can't Do?

John Rosenberg

Can high scores on a nine-point "interactional diversity scale" keep students in school longer?

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November 14, 2011

When Adolescent Culture Goes to College

Jonathan Imber

Sociologist Jonathan Imber analyzes the common threads running through recent student protest behavior.

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November 14, 2011

Want to Increase STEM Numbers? Then Don't Grade 'Em So Hard

Glenn Ricketts

Here's an apparently serious piece by a graduate nursing student at U/Texas Austin which argues for simply easing up on grading standards as a solution. There, you want higher STEM numbers? ......

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November 14, 2011

Freeman Hrabowski's Approach to Higher Ed

George Leef

Here is the "60 Minutes" segment on University of Maryland Baltimore County president Freeman Hrabowski. I am not sure he's right that the US needs to have a lot more math and science graduates,......

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November 11, 2011

Collegiate Press Roundup

Glenn Ricketts

Students press corps regulars range over topics from the Middle East to OWS, smoking on campus and the dismal state of American science education.

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