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September 13, 2010

Newsflash: MSN Cites "Weird" College Courses

Glenn Ricketts

This just in from the MSN homepage, where there's a piece advising parents of prospective college students to check out what their hefty tuition buys them these days. The "weird" offerings inclu......

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September 13, 2010

What Has Become of Freshman Comp?

George Leef

That is the question Professor Robert V. Young of North Carolina State answers in this Pope Center piece we released last week. Back when he taught the course in the 1970s, it was like boot camp for c......

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September 13, 2010

The Bubble: Higher Education's Precarious Hold on Consumer Confidence

Peter Wood

Once enough people realize they are paying too much for too little, they'll go elsewhere, and the giant college industry will collapse. The tipping point is coming, and the status quo is getting h......

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September 10, 2010

"I Regret Taking Gender Studies Courses"...No Comment

Ashley Thorne

An NYU gender studies grad wishes she'd taken politics, history, and literature courses, and learned "more about the world in general, rather than one tiny little sliver of the world." She now r......

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September 9, 2010

Collegiate Press Roundup, 9-9-10

Glenn Ricketts

Student journalists size up medical marijuana, overrated college ratings and President Obama's leadership style.

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