May 18, 2011

Where Did Western Civilization Go?

Western Civilization surveys, once a staple in American higher education, have all but disappeared at our leading universities and colleges.

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May 17, 2011

Gender Engineering

Glenn Ricketts

They're apparently gung-ho about reducing the gender imbalance in engineering sciences at the University of Washington.

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May 17, 2011

Yes, There Are Classics in Business Education

Jason Fertig

To be really effective in training students for "the real world," business professors should substitute business "classics" for impractical and confusing textbooks.

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May 16, 2011

Video: Ben Novak on the Impotency of Student Government

How university student governments went from taking responsibility for and pride in the "spirit of the university" to an attitude of entitlement and parasitism.

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May 13, 2011

Two Canadian Profs Turn Thumbs Down on Their Higher Ed System

George Leef

In today's Pope Center article, I review the new book by sociology professors James Cote and Anton Allahar (University of Western Ontario), Lowering Higher Education.

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May 12, 2011

YouTube U

David Clemens

At a recent Liberty Fund Socratic Seminar on “Education and Liberty in the Digital Age,” the conferees considered whether the Internet cum computer constitute “disruptive tech......

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May 12, 2011

Video: The Federal Takeover of Higher Education

Peter Wood spoke about the effects of federal direct lending on rising generations and higher education at a panel with the Family Research Council.

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May 11, 2011

Media Over-Reports Cancer Studies

Alex B. Berezow

The media notoriously over-report epidemiology studies. One day, coffee is bad for you; the next day, it's the fountain of youth.

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May 11, 2011

CUNY Trustees Stand Up Against Faculty's Anti-Israel Sentiments - In Vain

NYAS

A statement of NAS's affiliate the New York Association of Scholars on the Kushner controversy.

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May 11, 2011

A Meeting of the Minds for Higher Ed Reform

Ashley Thorne

A Pope Center event brings together a plurality of views to find common goals for higher education reform.

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