June 13, 2011

4 Purposes of the University: Idaho State U Faculty Chairman Quotes NAS President

Ashley Thorne

In his speech on Saturday at the AAUP conference, Idaho State University Faculty Senate Chairman Phil Cole said, In the words of Peter Wood, President of the National Association of Scholars, a un......

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June 13, 2011

How to Save the Social Sciences

Peter Wood

NAS President Peter Wood explains how to approach NSF funding in the social sciences during a national budgetary crisis.

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June 13, 2011

Whose Imperative?

Douglas Campbell

The president of CSU-Chico declares that there is a “diversity imperative,” but inadvertently reveals his true agenda.

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June 13, 2011

Programming Scientists to Perform Social Engineering

Chuck Rogér

Chuck Rogér spots red flags in an ASU alumni magazine that represent a movement in higher education to politicize science.

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June 10, 2011

The Push to Put More Students in College Ignores Human Uniqueness

Ashley Thorne

I posted this as a comment on Richard Kahlenberg's Innovations blog post, "The College-for-All Debate" Peter Wood and I debated Education Sector's Kevin Carey last week in a four-day onlin......

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June 10, 2011

Keep Funding for Good Work in Social Sciences, Peter Wood Says

Ashley Thorne

 At a June 2 hearing of the Congressional Subcommittee on Research and Science Education, Peter Wood urged for "cuts to be made shrewdly" to national funding for the social sciences.

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June 10, 2011

Students Tell It Like It Is

Glenn Ricketts

One of the things I really enjoy in preparing Collegiate Press Roundup each week is finding students who are willing to say things that many faculty - and certainly administrators - wouldn't dar......

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June 10, 2011

Collegiate Press Roundup

Glenn Ricketts

Student reporters survey the scene, including LGBT athletics, misdirected institutional priorities, the positive influence of bogus apocalyptic expectations and the problems of required diversity co......

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June 10, 2011

Originalism in the Classroom

David F. Forte

David F. Forte provides a detailed legal history of originalism and investigates whether, and to what extent, originalism is a part of law school teaching on the Constitution. This article appears in......

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June 9, 2011

Suppression for Thee, Free Speech for Me

Mitchell Langbert

I sent this letter to the editor of the faculty newspaper of the City University of New York, The Clarion.

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