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August 19, 2011

Global Warming Activist Teacher Takes Her Agenda to Truck Country

Kyle Olson

The left doesn't like teaching to standardized tests because it leaves no time for teaching activism.

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August 18, 2011

Sorry, Governor -- That Won't Help

George Leef

Governor Sam Brownback of Kansas wants to see the his state’s universities improve in the U.S. News rankings. 

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August 18, 2011

The Protestant Ethic and Western Civilization

William H. Young

William H. Young argues that the academy should renew an emphasis on hard work if America is to redeem its unmotivated generation.

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August 17, 2011

Profitable Nonprofits

George Leef

Professor Vance Fried in “Federal Higher Education Policy and the Profitable Nonprofits” argues that nonprofit colleges act like profit-making enterprises, but they simply spend their ex......

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August 17, 2011

What Happens to the Old Universities?

Peter Wood

Peter Wood reviews the new book, The Innovative University: Changing the DNA of Higher Education from the Inside Out.

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