September 14, 2011

Ask a Scholar: Did the New Deal End the Great Depression?

Steven Horwitz

Is sustained deficit spending successful in bringing a country out of a depression?

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September 13, 2011

Harvard Crimson Staff Skeptical of Dining Hall Workers'"Sustainability" Demands

Ashley Thorne

The Harvard Crimson recently published an editorial raising an eyebrow at demands by the University's unionized dining hall workers when they asked for longer hours and more “sus......

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September 13, 2011

The Diversity Mania is Raging in Wisconsin

George Leef

A new study by the Center for Equal Opportunity finds that racial preferences at the University of Wisconsin are particularly acute. Will a new Grutter case arise out of the blatant racial preferenc......

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September 13, 2011

Video: Ben Novak on Trusteeship and Shared Governance

Andy Nash

Former PSU trustee Dr. Ben Novak joins Andy Nash for an insightful look at the historical and current role of trustees in higher education.

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September 13, 2011

The Mirage of Accountability at the University of Texas

Robert Koons

"The fundamental problem in American higher education is not that we award too few B.A.s: it is that too few of these degrees correspond to any objective and verifiable standard of competency."

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September 13, 2011

Your Comfort is Our Priority

Ashley Thorne

Do students have the right to be comfortable?

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September 12, 2011

Acccountability, Texas Style

Glenn Ricketts

NAS Texas affiliate president Rob Koons assesses the University of Texas system's response to demands for greater public accountability and oversight. He's not impressed, and dismisses......

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September 12, 2011

FIRE Wins Another Case

George Leef

I wrote about the astonishing case of a professor at East Georgia College about two years ago; he was fired summarily for having had the temerity to criticize the school's sexual harassment poli......

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September 12, 2011

In Common Reading Assignments, Colleges Ignore the Best Books

Most books colleges assigned this year as "common reading" were recent, personal, race-focused, and unchallenging, finds the National Association of Scholars.

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September 12, 2011

Beach Books: 2011-2012

Ashley Thorne

A report on the books assigned in 2011–2012 as "common reading."

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10 Reasons Not to Go to College

A sampling of arguments for the idea that college may not be for everyone....