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June 24, 2011

Collegiate Press Roundup

Glenn Ricketts

Student reporters take a look at the question of faculty diversity, the value of a college degree, the philosophical implications of hashtags and the need to re-think our basic educational prioritie......

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June 23, 2011

CEI Attorney on OCR's New Sexual Harassment Procedures

Glenn Ricketts

I noted recently that the US Education Department's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) had mandated new standards under which colleges and universities recieving federal funds would be obligated to i......

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June 23, 2011

The Reverse Metamorphsis of Sustainability: Economy

William H. Young

In the third of his four-part series on the goals of the sustainability movement, William Young ponders its probable economic impact.

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June 23, 2011

Tyranny or Theft? Part I

Peter Wood

NAS president Peter Wood begins a three-part critique of the sustainability movement, based on his attendance at two recent conferences.

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June 22, 2011

Working Without Pay, Paying to Work

Glenn Ricketts

There's an interesting review over at NRO of Ross Perlin's Intern Nation, a book that examines the growing and almost wholly invisible number of unpaid intern positions that are eagerly staf......

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