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October 21, 2011

Unanswered Questions: UW-Madison Students Protest CEO Report on Racial and Ethnic Preferences in Admissions

Roger Clegg

What really happened during the student protest against the findings of the Center for Equal Opportunity? NAS member W. Lee Hansen, Professor Emeritus of Economics at UW-Madison, documents what he obs......

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October 20, 2011

Daphne Patai on the Uniformity of Academic Thought

George Leef

Professor Daphne Patai of UMass-Amherst writes about the uniformity of thought she encounters among her fellow academics, which of course ranges from Marxist to "progressive." 

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October 20, 2011

Factions and Western Civilization

William H. Young

William Young continues his series with an examination of factions, the "mortal diseases" which have plagued republican governments since antiquity.

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October 20, 2011

Another Graphic on the Higher Education Bubble

Ashley Thorne

The idea that the traditional college experience may be in jeopardy is catching on, as evidenced by the recent appearance of easy-to-read graphics illustrating the problem.

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October 19, 2011

Why Not Combine Apprenticeship With a College Degree?

George Leef

Jay Schalin advances an alternative to the standard college experience, an experience that all too often leaves students with no more skill and knowledge than when they left high school.

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