February 18, 2011

Hypotheticals in the Criminal Law Classroom: An Interview with Lawrence Connell

Ashley Thorne

Professor Lawrence Connell at Widener University has come under fire for referring hypothetically in class to killing the dean. Here he tells his side of the story.

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February 17, 2011

Cal State System Wasting Lots of Money While State Flounders

George Leef

Professor Mark Shapiro, a.k.a. The Irascible Professor, writes here about the fact that the California State University system continues to waste lots of money on raises for administrators, redundant......

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February 17, 2011

Oh, But There IS a Debate Over That!

George Leef

Inside Higher Ed ran a story  on an AEI conference where the subject was the “completion agenda.” That is, do we really need to get lots more young people into and through college a......

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February 17, 2011

What Happened? Academic Freedom at a Christian College, Chico State's Diversity Action Plan, Counseling Student Opposed by ACLU

Ashley Thorne

We revisited some of our articles to find out what happened after we wrote them. Here’s what we learned.

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February 16, 2011

Yes, It Is Time for Complacency on Racial Diversity

George Leef

The Chronicle has an article by Arthur Coleman and Scott Palmer (both lawyers who worked in the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights) entitled "No Time for Complacency on Racial Dive......

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February 16, 2011

Could the UNC System Do Without Diversity Offices?

George Leef

In this week's Pope Center Clarion Call, Duke Cheston looks at the numerous diversity offices throughout the UNC System. College campuses would still be highly diverse if we stopped trying to incr......

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February 16, 2011

A Comment on My WSJ Letter

George Leef

A reader  sent me an email about my letter in the Wall Street Journal on the inflation of job qualifications.

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February 16, 2011

Overselling Higher Education Gives Us Credential Inflation

George Leef

Today's Wall Street Journal published George Leef's letter: Soon You Will Need a Master's Degree to Wash Dishes Eric Felten's excellent "Now College Is the Break" (Postmodern Times......

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February 16, 2011

Don't Miss: "A Conversation with Peter Wood" on February 23

Next Wednesday NAS president Peter Wood will speak in New York City about anger in America now, drawing on his book A Bee in the Mouth. Hosted by the Institute for American Values, the event is free......

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February 15, 2011

Debunking the Idea that Science Discriminates Against Women

George Leef

Christina Hoff Sommers has a sharp article on NRO, debunking the idea that science discriminates against women. 

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