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August 25, 2011

Multiculturalism and Western Civilization

William H. Young

Multiculturalism and its accompanying ideal of tolerance have debased standards of knowledge and excellence and led American education down a path of mediocrity, writes William H. Young.

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August 24, 2011

Subway Ride

Peter Wood

Peter Wood comments on colleges’ hard sell to underprepared students.

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August 23, 2011

AJC Retracts Joint AJC-AAUP Statement

Mitchell Langbert

Today, The Jewish Daily Forward published Kenneth L. Marcus's op-ed about a joint statement, which was written by Kenneth Stern, the American Jewish Committee's president, and Cary Nelson, t......

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August 23, 2011

Anne Neal Argues That Trustees Should Get Involved

George Leef

Anne Neal urges trustees to find out what’s actually going on at their schools and to stop sitting around like potted plants and do something about the clear erosion of academic standards and......

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August 23, 2011

Talented, Intelligent British Woman Doubts College Will Do Her Any Good

George Leef

Here is an excellent piece in the Guardian by a young British woman, obviously very talented and intelligent. She is resisting pressure to go to college because she doubts that it will do her any go......

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