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September 13, 2011

Video: Ben Novak on Trusteeship and Shared Governance

Andy Nash

Former PSU trustee Dr. Ben Novak joins Andy Nash for an insightful look at the historical and current role of trustees in higher education.

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September 13, 2011

The Mirage of Accountability at the University of Texas

Robert Koons

"The fundamental problem in American higher education is not that we award too few B.A.s: it is that too few of these degrees correspond to any objective and verifiable standard of competency."

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September 13, 2011

Your Comfort is Our Priority

Ashley Thorne

Do students have the right to be comfortable?

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September 12, 2011

FIRE Wins Another Case

George Leef

I wrote about the astonishing case of a professor at East Georgia College about two years ago; he was fired summarily for having had the temerity to criticize the school's sexual harassment poli......

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September 12, 2011

Beach Books: 2011-2012

Ashley Thorne

A report on the books assigned in 2011–2012 as "common reading."

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