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March 22, 2011

Encyclopedia of Sustainability, 5th Edition

Ashley Thorne

A 5th edition of the NAS 'sustainapedia' of the key names, terms, books, colleges, and organizations in the campus sustainability movement.

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March 21, 2011

The Vacancy in the Heart of Higher Education

Peter Wood

At the Chronicle of Higher Education's Innovations blog, NAS president Peter Wood shares some insights about what has been lost in higher education: I refer to the slow disappearance of the se......

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March 21, 2011

Ask a Scholar: State Discount Rates

King Banaian

Why are states allowed to use an 8% discount rate as compared to the private sector that uses a 5% discount rate?

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March 21, 2011

Video: Robert Weissberg on Limits to Learning

Robert Weissberg talks about the factors, such as cognitive inability and American schools' emphasis on edutainment, that limit students' capacity to learn.

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March 21, 2011

Nomenclatura

Will Fitzhugh

Educational special interest agents can be effective only if they focus on the actual academic work of our students, argues Will Fitzhugh.

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