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September 14, 2011

Ask a Scholar: Did the New Deal End the Great Depression?

Steven Horwitz

Is sustained deficit spending successful in bringing a country out of a depression?

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September 13, 2011

Harvard Crimson Staff Skeptical of Dining Hall Workers'"Sustainability" Demands

Ashley Thorne

The Harvard Crimson recently published an editorial raising an eyebrow at demands by the University's unionized dining hall workers when they asked for longer hours and more “sus......

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September 13, 2011

The Diversity Mania is Raging in Wisconsin

George Leef

A new study by the Center for Equal Opportunity finds that racial preferences at the University of Wisconsin are particularly acute. Will a new Grutter case arise out of the blatant racial preferenc......

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September 13, 2011

Video: Ben Novak on Trusteeship and Shared Governance

Andy Nash

Former PSU trustee Dr. Ben Novak joins Andy Nash for an insightful look at the historical and current role of trustees in higher education.

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September 13, 2011

The Mirage of Accountability at the University of Texas

Robert Koons

"The fundamental problem in American higher education is not that we award too few B.A.s: it is that too few of these degrees correspond to any objective and verifiable standard of competency."

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