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September 7, 2011

Attack of the Administrator Zombies!

George Leef

Professor Robert Weissberg reviews The Fall of the Faculty, adding agonizing details to the author’s tale of woe. Both find that our rampant administrative bloat not only wastes great amounts of......

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September 7, 2011

Cost Versus Enrollment Bubbles

Andrew Gillen

We should carefully consider why Americans

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September 6, 2011

The Global Warming Debate on Campus

George Leef

The trouble is, on most college campuses, there is no debate. Students hear over and over that it is "settled" and thus anyone who doubts that humans are responsible for potentially disastrous clima......

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September 6, 2011

Video: Richard Shavelson on How to Rate the Quality of an Education

Andy Nash

Richard Shavelson joins Andy Nash for a conversation on measurements and metrics in figuring out the quality of an education.

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September 3, 2011

Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: OF COURSE HE DID IT!

Glenn Ricketts

Peter Wood reviews a new scholarly compendium on the relationship beteen Thomas Jefferson and his slave, Sally Hemings. It's a controversial topic, of course, but I'm beginning to wonder if th......

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