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August 26, 2011

Steve Jobs on His College Experience

George Leef

Read about it in this talk he gave back in 2005. He dropped out of Reed College after a few months, but stuck around to sit in on some classes that he found interesting. The one that interested h......

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August 26, 2011

Do College Administrators Misappropriate "Diversity"?

Peter Wood

A Johns Hopkins professor lays the entire blame for the rise of political correctness on power-driven campus administrators. But haven't faculty members played their part?

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August 25, 2011

Serve the Diversity of Adolescent Interests

Ashley Thorne

Does our society devote too much time and money to education?

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August 25, 2011

Is the "College Cost Disease" Incurable?

George Leef

John Moore, who served as president of Grove City College, discusses the recent book by Professor Robert Martin, The College Cost Disease. He thinks that Martin’s analysis is mostly correct, b......

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August 25, 2011

More "Food For Thought" From Sociology (If Youre On A Starvation Diet)

John Rosenberg

Race relations among students are better outside the classroom, where political correctness keeps them from speaking honestly.

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