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November 14, 2011

FIRE: Sen. Leahy Pulls OCR Standards From VAWA Re-Authorization

Glenn Ricketts

Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee has withdrawn his proposal to incorporate the "preponderance of evidence" standard of proof from the current draft version o......

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November 14, 2011

"Diversity": Is There Anything It Can't Do?

John Rosenberg

Can high scores on a nine-point "interactional diversity scale" keep students in school longer?

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November 14, 2011

When Adolescent Culture Goes to College

Jonathan Imber

Sociologist Jonathan Imber analyzes the common threads running through recent student protest behavior.

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November 14, 2011

Want to Increase STEM Numbers? Then Don't Grade 'Em So Hard

Glenn Ricketts

Here's an apparently serious piece by a graduate nursing student at U/Texas Austin which argues for simply easing up on grading standards as a solution. There, you want higher STEM numbers? ......

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November 14, 2011

Freeman Hrabowski's Approach to Higher Ed

George Leef

Here is the "60 Minutes" segment on University of Maryland Baltimore County president Freeman Hrabowski. I am not sure he's right that the US needs to have a lot more math and science graduates,......

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