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August 23, 2011

Video: Naomi Schaefer Riley on Colleges in the Prestige (Not Teaching) Business

Tenure and a heavy emphasis on research over teaching are among the factors that dilute contemporary higher education, says Naomi Schaefer Riley.

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August 22, 2011

J'accuse! Feds "Discourage" Due Process

Jonathan Bean

 Colleges have already thrown out old-fashioned notions of civil liberties, so they are all too happy to presume guilt. 

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August 22, 2011

Special Treatment for Star Football Players

George Leef

In case anyone doubts that it happens, read this piece from the Raleigh News & Observer. Would any other student be allowed to take a dubious 400 level course in his first semester and then......

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August 22, 2011

Leave It to the Sociologists...

John Rosenberg

This year's meeting of the American Sociological Association includes a paper about minorities' (rational) choices to apply to selective colleges.

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August 22, 2011

High Schools Discard the Canon

Ashley Thorne

A study led by NAS's Arkansas affiliate head finds that high school literature courses draw sparsely on the great books.

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