March 29, 2011

Unnatural Selection

Peter Wood

Peter Wood comments on a new study claiming that self-selection by liberal students explains the leftward tilt of academe.

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March 29, 2011

A Flawed Experiment

Peter Wood

Peter Wood comments on a study that looked for political bias in graduate schools

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March 28, 2011

Is the Internet a Mad, Hallucinating Deity?

David Clemens

In “The Library of Babel,” Jorge Luis Borges imagines a gargantuan Library in which are shelved books that together exhaust all possible combinations of letters.  Obviously, “[f......

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March 28, 2011

William Cronon's Partisan Bloviation

Mitchell Langbert

The University of Wisconsin's Professor William Cronon has involved himself in a partisan Wisconsin battle concerning public employees' bargaining. In his blog he bloviates against the Repub......

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March 28, 2011

Before You Choose That Credential...

Jason Fertig

Jason Fertig modifies tips from the Wall Street Journal for parents of college-bound children.

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March 28, 2011

"Islam in Scholarship and Education" AQ Issue in Print

Ashley Thorne

The spring 2011 issue of Academic Questions looks at the ways Islam and higher education interact today.

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March 25, 2011

Collegiate Press Roundup

Glenn Ricketts

Student journalists ponder US Middle Eastern policies, the stifiling of debate on many campuses, immigration politics and annoying animal rights activists.

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March 25, 2011

Ashes

Peter Wood

Peter Wood reflects on the intellectual vacancy at the heart of the contemporary college curriculum.

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March 24, 2011

Diversity Vigil at Princeton Theological Seminary

Ashley Thorne

Students and faculty gathered at the seminary to rehearse racial grievances and express outrage over flyers distributed on campus about the link between eugenics and African American abortions.

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March 24, 2011

Ask a Scholar: Graduation Rates with Pell Grants

Matthew Denhart

Has there been a report made comparing graduation rates with and without Pell Grants?

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