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October 5, 2009

Degree in a Bundle

Ashley Thorne

Thomas Edison State College, based in Trenton, New Jersey, offers online courses for adults (the average age of students is 35) and accepts credits from all regionally accredited institutions. Advis......

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October 5, 2009

Spotlight - Thomas Edison State College

Ashley Thorne

A public institution enables students to cobble together a college degree by taking online classes earning credit for what they already know.

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October 2, 2009

New Book on the Soviet Bomb-Maker Who Became a Moral Anchor

Ashley Thorne

Jay Bergman, president of the NAS Connecticut affiliate and professor of history at Central Connecticut State University, has published a new book, Meeting the Demands of Reason: The Life and Though......

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October 2, 2009

Highway or Can Opener?

Peter Wood

Be sure to check out the text of Peter's speech, "Academic Freedom and Discontent," for the Alexander Hamilton Institute, now posted on the NAS website. In it he contrasts the progress......

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October 2, 2009

We Didn't Call it Communism

Peter Wood

“Sustainable Sausage,” a blog that promotes “sustainability for twenty somethings” features the views of three New Zealanders, Lisa, Kavi, and Janelle. One of the Kiwi sausag......

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