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May 23, 2012

Ask a Scholar: Touching Spheres

Vera B. Koutsoyannis

A bowler asks: what is the area of the space between two touching spheres? Mathematically, it is a point and has no area, but what about in the real world?

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May 23, 2012

They're Not Unteachable

Glenn Ricketts

It's more difficult, but certainly not impossible, to teach today's college students.

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May 23, 2012

Courses on Inequality -- They Could be Taught Objectively, but Most Aren't

George Leef

Most college courses in inequality are overwhelmingly taught from a leftist perspective but they shouldn't be.

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May 22, 2012

The Unteachables: A Generation That Cannot Learn

Janice Fiamengo

An English professor wonders how to teach students who can't learn.

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