March 21, 2011

Ask a Scholar: State Discount Rates

King Banaian

Why are states allowed to use an 8% discount rate as compared to the private sector that uses a 5% discount rate?

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March 21, 2011

Video: Robert Weissberg on Limits to Learning

Robert Weissberg talks about the factors, such as cognitive inability and American schools' emphasis on edutainment, that limit students' capacity to learn.

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March 21, 2011

Nomenclatura

Will Fitzhugh

Educational special interest agents can be effective only if they focus on the actual academic work of our students, argues Will Fitzhugh.

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March 18, 2011

Collegiate Press Roundup

Glenn Ricketts

Student journalists consider the 2012 presidential race, the need for greater tolerance on campus, how to fix the budget crisis and what to think of a former secretary of state.

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March 17, 2011

Systemic Anti-Semitism at UCSC

Mitchell Langbert

Dr. Ken Marcus of the Institute for Jewish and Community Research sent me this link to a Scribd file copy of Tammi Rossman-Benjamin's 29 page letter of complaint date to the San Francisco Office......

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March 17, 2011

College Costs More Because States are Defunding It

George Leef

So goes one of the standard explanations for the continual rise in the cost of going to college. In this Cato@Liberty post, Neal McCluskey tears it apart. Until recently, college and university lead......

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March 17, 2011

College Degrees: Neither Necessary Nor Sufficient for Success

George Leef

So argues William Cohan in this NYT Opinionator blog post. He focuses on a number of highly successful people who made it without college credentials. This is the point of Peter Thiel's entrepre......

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March 16, 2011

Some College Students Really Do Learn Critical Thinking

George Leef

In this week’s Pope Center Clarion Call,  Professor David Clemens discusses the general failure to teach college students critical thinking — despite the fact that many schools trum......

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March 16, 2011

Widener Dean Pursues Punishment for Law Prof Who Used Hypotheticals in Class

Ashley Thorne

A press release by Lawrence Connell's lawyer states that Dean Ammons is ignoring the recommendations of the faculty committee to drop charges against Professor Connell.

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March 16, 2011

NPR Blues

Peter Wood

Peter Wood elucidates the views of the NPR executive fired for his unguarded disparaging of conservatives as anti-intellectual.

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Professor Alleges "Widespread" Discriminatory Hiring Coverup at University of Washington

Audio acquired by the National Association of Scholars describes allegations of coverup race-based hiring coverup at the University of Washington...

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Remembering Warren Winiarski

Peter Wood writes on the passing of Warren Winiarski, a long-time supporter and friend of the National Association of Scholars, who sought to cultivate civilization and the liberal arts......

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Where Did We Get the Idea That Only White People Can Be Racist?

A look at the double standard that has arisen regarding racism, illustrated recently by the reaction to a black professor's biased comments on Twitter....

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Professor Alleges "Widespread" Discriminatory Hiring Coverup at University of Washington

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DEI vs. Academic Integrity at University of Washington

FOIA requests found evidence of racial discrimination at the University of Washington. A professor now accuses the University of a cover-up. A leading scholar of "whiteness" is accus......