May 5, 2009

Bias Tuesday

Ashley Thorne

Current bias stories at MIT, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, and University of Wisconsin.

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May 4, 2009

Macalester Preps for World Domination

Peter Wood

Strongbad mentioned as possible leader, grateful global citizens break out in spontaneous Harambee celebration, American higher education at its finest.

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May 1, 2009

Virginia Tech's "Inclusive" Rodomontade

Peter Wood

VT embraces exclusive mediocrity...and calls it inclusive excellence.

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May 1, 2009

Seat Time at the AAC&U

Peter Wood

78% of colleges and universities use learning outcomes, survey says.

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April 30, 2009

Oases of Excellence

Ashley Thorne

NAS highlights new programs in American studies or Western civilization.

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April 29, 2009

Swear It!

Ashley Thorne

Ball State U's new core curriculum wants to turn students into activists.

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April 28, 2009

American Character, the Remix: How College is Shaping Us Now

Peter Wood

A nation's manner of educating shapes the character of its people.

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April 27, 2009

Closed Eyes

Glenn Ricketts

This article, a review of the book Closed Minds? Politics and Ideology in American Universities, appeared in the spring 2009 issue of Academic Questions (volume 22, number 2).

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April 27, 2009

The Classroom Without Reason

Douglas Campbell

The following essay is a "Report from the Academy" which was published in Academic Questions (volume 22, number 2).

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April 26, 2009

Virginia Tech, Round 2:Staging Diversity

Peter Wood

Two weeks after Virginia Tech announced it was dropping its diversity litmus test for faculty members, an ambitious dean plots to bring it back.

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