May 6, 2011

Collegiate Press Roundup

Glenn Ricketts

The student press covers the death of Osama bin Laden, "diversity" training, bullying on campus and a different approach to affirmative action admissions policies.

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May 6, 2011

Sustainability News

Ashley Thorne

This month’s campus sustainability news includes critiques of the movement for giving students ready-made conclusions; examples of sustainability’s embrace by the college curriculum, a rou......

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May 5, 2011

"Shortsighted Utilitarianism" Has Ruined the Cal State System

George Leef

So argues Cal State Fresno professor Bruce Thornton in this excellent City Journal article.

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May 5, 2011

California Association of Scholars Opposes New Racial Preferences Senate Bill

John Ellis

Another bill threatens to overturn Proposition 209; the ever-vigilant California Association of Scholars speaks out.

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May 5, 2011

Documentary on E.D. Hirsch: Call for Participants

Do you know E.D. Hirsch? Are you interested in his ideas? Be part of a documentary on his intellectual career.

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May 5, 2011

Clinical Discomfort

Peter Wood

Peter Wood comments on the turn to social activism in law schools.

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May 4, 2011

More Evidence of Grade Inflation

George Leef

In today's Pope Center Clarion Call, Ball State University economics professors Clarence Deitsch and Norman Van Cott discuss grade inflation at their university.

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May 4, 2011

Can We Put Business Students to Work?

Jason Fertig

Jason Fertig considers why business students lack motivation to work hard and encourages business professors to take steps to hold students to higher standards.

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May 3, 2011

College: Luxury, Investment, or Insurance Policy?

Ashley Thorne

Daniel B. Smith explores this question in New York magazine in a sobering, clear-eyed look at the problems with going to college, "The University Has No Clothes."

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May 3, 2011

Not Lost, Just 'Finding Our Way'

Peter Wood

Peter Wood proposes a famously confused guide on the Oregon Trail as the archetype of today

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