January 8, 2010

Marxist Education - Ho, Hum

Glenn Ricketts

Apparently it's it's not a big deal to note the influence of Marxist ideas in schools of education, as long as it's done by a member of the guild. Check out this recent piece by our frie......

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January 8, 2010

California Association of Scholars Upcoming Events

Ashley Thorne

Reposted from NAS.org Dear California members and readers (and anyone happening to visit California this spring), Don’t miss the following events hosted by the Califor......

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January 8, 2010

Don't Be Hatin'

Ashley Thorne

At NAS.org, Glenn Ricketts tells how Gonzaga University's Institute for Action Against Hate misses an opportunity to shed academic light on human hate, settling instead on politically correct an......

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January 8, 2010

Encyclopedia of Sustainability, 2nd Edition

Ashley Thorne

A 2nd edition of the NAS 'sustainapedia' of the key names, terms, books, colleges, and organizations in the campus sustainability movement.

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January 8, 2010

California Association of Scholars Upcoming Events

Ashley Thorne

NAS's California affiliate will host Dinesh D'Souza and Victor Davis Hanson this spring.

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January 7, 2010

Tactics of Dissent

David Clemens

I have fought Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) for seven years.  Although the “accountability movement” has done much good, in my judgment, SLOs constitute a misguided and redu......

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January 7, 2010

A+ for 'America Exploits' and 'Men Oppress' Answers on Sociology Exam

Candace de Russy

 Reposted from Minding the Campus Recently, a colleague forwarded to me a copy of an exam from an introductory sociology class found lying in a room at a public college in the east. It was grad......

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January 7, 2010

LGBT Rights in Music Education

Mitchell Langbert

Professor Louis Bergonzi of the University of Illinois has written an article in Music Educators Journal arguing for increased emphasis on the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT......

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January 7, 2010

Gonzaga Studies Hate

Glenn Ricketts

Gonzaga University's Institute for Action Against Hate misses an opportunity to shed academic light on human hate, settling instead on politically correct answers.

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January 6, 2010

Earth Charter U

Ashley Thorne

Check out my article at NAS.org on Florida Gulf Coast University and its love affair with the Earth Charter, a United Nations sustainability document.

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