August 12, 2011

FIRE VP to Freshman Parents: College Ain't What It Used to Be

Glenn Ricketts

If you're the proud parent of an entering freshman this Fall semester, FIRE Vice President Robert Shibley has some advice that you may not have heard from your school's orientation team lead......

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August 12, 2011

Is There a Place for Women's Colleges?

George Leef

That is the question Jenna Ashley Robinson raises in today’s Pope Center piece, inspired by the move here in Raleigh to turn Peace College coed. Let us know what you think.

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August 12, 2011

Widener Law Professor Wins, Still Loses

Glenn Ricketts

As Ashley Thorne reported earlier this week, Widener University law professor Lawrence Connell can't seem to get a break. Although he was vindicated of the frivolous charges of racial and sexual......

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August 12, 2011

Investing in Debt

Peter Wood

NAS President Peter Wood analyzes the burgeoning problem of post-graduation student debt.

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August 12, 2011

Collegiate Press Roundup

Glenn Ricketts

Summertime student opinion writers take the measure of Texas presidential candidates, campus sustainability policies, creeping corporate influence and discriminatory "diversity" plans.

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August 11, 2011

Bullying the Constitution

Glenn Ricketts

What is a bully? Well, I once got suspended for dealing with one rather directly when I was in 8th grade. The guy wouldn't leave me alone, and was pretty good at evading hall proctors and facult......

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August 11, 2011

Another Non-Problem That Bothers Egalitarians

George Leef

Today's Inside Higher Ed has a story about a new study on students from low-income families and their college choices. 

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August 11, 2011

Kudos to the AAUP

Peter Wood

NAS President Peter Wood applauds some recent policy statements by the AAUP.

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August 11, 2011

Diversity and Western Civilization

William H. Young

William H. Young examines the impact of "diversity" policies on the American polity.

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August 10, 2011

College Professor Throws Down the Gauntlet to TV Anchor!

George Leef

One of the most useful of all the tropes of statism is that the Great Depression was caused by the free market and exacerbated by President Hoover’s refusal to take the sort of bold interventi......

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