February 18, 2015

There’s No App for That

Dan Kemp

American colleges and universities are searching for ways to overcome student addiction to technology and its effect on classroom instruction. Will they work?

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February 17, 2015

Common Core Debate at St. Francis College

Madison Iszler

Peter Wood and Kathleen Porter-Magee will debate the Common Core State Standards at St. Francis College on February 26.

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February 13, 2015

(Not So) Happy Global Divestment Day

Rachelle Peterson

Activists worldwide are converging to demand divestment from fossil fuels. 

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February 13, 2015

Academic Social Science and Men

William H. Young

Wiliam Young examines the declining fortunes of working class men in light of academic social science skewed against them.

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February 13, 2015

Call Your Broker, Save the Planet

Rachelle Peterson

Rachelle Peterson writes for National Review Online on why climate activists' latest cause has them sounding like stock market analysts. 

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February 10, 2015

Is 'Get a Job' the Purpose of College?

Peter Wood

Governor Scott Walker's call for changes at the University of Wisconsin, which initially included major revisions to the school's mission statement, reveal a fundamental shift in the purpose o......

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February 9, 2015

Title Nein: CUNY Eliminates Sex-Specific Salutations

Rachelle Peterson

The City University of New York has banned staff from referring to students as “Mr.,” “Mrs.,” or “Ms.,” calling this act of politeness sex discrimination

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February 6, 2015

Forfeiting Education: Sports and Collegiate Culture

Madison Iszler

The recent college sports scandals at UNC and elsewhere reveal deeper problems in the current culture of higher education.

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February 4, 2015

How Do College Speech Codes Originate?

George Leef

George Mason University law professor Todd Zywicki writes for the John William Pope Center about his attempt at eradicating his school's speech code. 

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January 28, 2015

Scholars Milgram and Stotsky Explain Problems with the Common Core

National Association of Scholars

Drs. Jim Milgram and Sandra Stotsky critique the implementation of the Common Core State Standards in a KTVN 2 News interview. 

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