January 23, 2012

Aggressive Anti-Bullying Crusade Gathers Steam

Glenn Ricketts

You can easily imagine how  “anti-bullying” policies will likely to play out on college campuses already dominated by the enforcers of sensitivity.

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January 23, 2012

The Ruinous Reign of Race-and-Gender Historians

KC Johnson

If you need to consult history texts focused on traditional constitutional or political themes, KC Johnson notes that you'll have to look at specimens from 35-40 years ago. No one writes such bo......

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January 21, 2012

SCOTUS Strikes Down Raced-Based Redistricting in Texas

Glenn Ricketts

Race based legislative boundaries are banned in Texas in a case that bears on university admissions policy.

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January 20, 2012

Law Schools Under Critical Scrutiny

Glenn Ricketts

Ideology has pervaded law schools to the detriment of student preparation for practice.  Are law degrees therefore still necessary?

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January 20, 2012

U Florida Students Practice Civil Debate

Ashley Thorne

There's a set of electronic panels in Florida that is supposed to foster civility among students whose opinions differ.

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January 20, 2012

Academic Questions Cited in New York Post

Ashley Thorne

The idea of a bubble in higher education as considered in NAS's journal is getting wider notice.

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January 20, 2012

Collegiate Press Roundup

Glenn Ricketts

Student press writers ponder the long-term significance of the OWS movement, analyze the social dynamics of different beers, cite the perils of the SOPA bill in Congress and endorse a proposal for a......

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January 19, 2012

The Coming Assault on Beadledom

Glenn Ricketts

The Ivory Tower is submerged in academic administrators.

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January 19, 2012

MLA Panelists Analyze Beach Books

Ashley Thorne

At this year's MLA convention, academics considered the role common reading assignments have to play in the education of college students.

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