September 30, 2010

Beyond Beach Books

Peter Wood

What's next for campus common reading programs?

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September 30, 2010

Collegiate Press Roundup 9-30-10

Glenn Ricketts

Student journalists this week focus on ill-conceived laws here and abroad, loud music and PBS censorship of Sesame Street.

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September 30, 2010

"Good Ideas, Bad Ideas" AQ Issue in Print

Ashley Thorne

The fall issue of Academic Questions examines both good and bad ideas in higher education, including trimming the glut of academic publishing, merit-based scholarships, teaching ebonics, and dissemina......

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September 29, 2010

The College Board Keeps Inflating the Bubble

George Leef

In this week's Pope Center Clarion Call, I take a look at "Education Pays 2010," the most recent paper from the College Board's Advocacy and Policy Center. It tries to deflect criticism from......

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September 29, 2010

Huffington Post Article on NAS's Recommended Books

Ashley Thorne

Our book list is featured in a HuffPo slideshow.

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September 28, 2010

Embracing Failure

David Clemens

As the creator of SimCity, The Sims, SimEarth, The Sims online, and Spore, Will Wright is a computer gaming “god.”  In his GameTech 2010 keynote address, Wright offers provocative obs......

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September 28, 2010

Back from the Beach: Common Reading on the Rise at Top Colleges

Ashley Thorne

Last week NAS released a new list of books colleges assign as common reading. It includes over 100 additions and updates to the original ("Beach Books"), making it the most comprehensive and current r......

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September 28, 2010

Penn State Censors Criticism of Islamic Extremism

Candace de Russy

From the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education: A new short film by FIRE documents the experience of Penn State student artist Joshua Stulman, whose "Portraits of Terror" art exh......

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September 28, 2010

Mandatory Rape Lecture for Male Freshmen at Hamilton College

Ashley Thorne

Male freshmen will be instructed tonight by "a national leader in social justice and sustainability education."

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September 27, 2010

A Variety of...Minds? One Student Gets Diversity Right

Jason Fertig

An unorthodox response to the essay question "What is the definition of diversity?"

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