June 17, 2009

Congratulations to NEH Enduring Questions Grant Winner

Ashley Thorne

Bruce Gans, pioneer of the Great Books movement at community colleges, receives national recognition for his pilot course on the question "What is freedom?"

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June 16, 2009

Clash of Symbols

Ashley Thorne

Elsa Murano, the first Latina president of Texas A&M University, has resigned. Some lament the loss of the institution's "symbol" of diversity.

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June 15, 2009

The Paradox of Constitutional and Post-1965 Civil Rights

George Seaver

The Jeffersonian ideal clashes with the new concept of civil rights based on the diversity doctrine, "All groups are inherently different."

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June 14, 2009

Who Am I?

Peter Wood

NAS president Peter Wood tries to distinguish himself from his namesakes.

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June 13, 2009

Is America Losing Its Innovative Edge?

Peter Wood

Is American innovation declining because we fail to send enough kids to college? A new report casts doubt on higher education's expansionist rationale.

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June 12, 2009

New Scholarship in Anthropology...No Comment

Peter Wood

Allah Made Us, Birth Models, Dancing from the Heart, Red Lights, With Shaking Hands

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June 11, 2009

Adopt a Mascot

Peter Wood

There are many orphaned college mascots who need a good home. Will you give them the love they need?

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June 8, 2009

For Shame!

Peter Wood

On the transformation of the idea of "shame" - and how the right kind of shame is seen as honorable. Especially on the college campus.

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June 5, 2009

Tapping the Bottle

Ashley Thorne

Achieving the Dream works for equity, not equality.

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