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April 24, 2014

Social Scientists Vs. Climate Change

Rachelle Peterson

Rachelle DeJong live-blogs a two-day conference at The New School on how to get people to live "greener" lives.

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April 23, 2014

Unpersuasive book argues that higher education should have a leftist bias

George Leef

"It reminds me of Don Quixote. Lazere wants his friends to see how gloriously he jousts with and punctures all those horrible right-wingers. But Cervantes’s novel is entertaining; the pages of t......

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April 23, 2014

Dartmouth’s Freedom Budget: Peaceful Protest, or Intolerant Tolerance?

Marilee Turscak

Dartmouth president Philip Hanlon hopes to tame the tempers of Freedom Budget activists, but it remains to be seen whether he can truly transform the college.

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April 22, 2014

Scholars Applaud Supreme Court for Upholding Michigan Racial Preferences Ban

National Association of Scholars

PRESS RELEASE: NAS praises the Court's decision to sustain a measure against racial discrimination in college admissions. 

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April 22, 2014

Happy Earth Day

Rachelle Peterson

How many institutions of higher education are celebrating Earth Day?

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