August 10, 2011

Down with Research Papers, Up with Essays

George Leef

That’s the argument Professor Thomas Bertonneau makes in this week’s Pope Center Clarion Call. Research papers, he contends, merely encourage students to cobble together opinions by &ldq......

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August 10, 2011

AAUP Publishes Official Policy on Campus Controversies

Ashley Thorne

The final version of the association's statement skews the principle of academic freedom and fails to implement good faith recommendations.

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August 9, 2011

Teaching National History in the Age of Globalization

Glenn Ricketts

At some schools, you can get through without taking a single history course and still collect your bachelor's degree.

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August 9, 2011

Video: Accuracy in Academia

Andy Nash interviews Malcolm Kline of Accuracy in Academia.

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August 8, 2011

Good Intentions and Creeping Censorship

Glenn Ricketts

In this piece over at Minding the Campus, attorney David French discusses the impact of recent judicial decsions on college campus civil liberties. It's not looking good for evangelical Christia......

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August 8, 2011

Thuggish Climate Thugs, Cont'd

Glenn Ricketts

In response to Peter Wood's piece on Climate Thuggery, the CHE has run a rebuttal by John Mashey and Robert S. Coleman. The comments thread suggests that standards of decorum and civility still......

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August 8, 2011

Ammons Retaliates Against Exonerated Law Professor

Ashley Thorne

Widener University law school dean has professor Lawrence Connell suspended and banned from campus - after a hearing committee exonerated him from charges of sexual and racial discrimination.

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August 8, 2011

AQ Editor Carol Iannone Quoted on White Privilege

Ashley Thorne

The Omaha World-Herald quotes Academic Questions editor-at-large Carol Iannone on whether emphasizing "white privilege" has educational benefits.

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August 8, 2011

Leftist (Not Liberal) Learning for the Profession

Jason Fertig

Jason Fertig reviews Rethinking Undergraduate Business Education, and finds its proposed curricular reforms too ideologically skewed.

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August 5, 2011

Some Praise for Carnevale's Latest Study

George Leef

I haven’t read it yet, but Neal McCluskey finds the latest study released by Anthony Carnevale’s Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce to be valuable. Neal’s take on it......

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