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August 2, 2010

Billionaires Back Free Textbooks

Jonathan Bean

In 2009, I blogged on the budding movement for open-source and commercially free textbooks coming on the market. The latter vendors often hope to make money by charging for the printing of online te......

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August 2, 2010

People Need Skills; College Degrees Aren't the Same Thing

George Leef

Blogging at Harvard Business Review, Michael Schrage makes a strong case that higher education has been oversold. What people need to succeed are skills and college is neither necessary nor sufficie......

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August 2, 2010

From Trappist Monks to Abercrombie & Fitch: Silence and Noise in America

Peter Wood

NAS president Peter Wood gives a book on noise a hearing.

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August 2, 2010

Back on Track: U Illinois Reinstates Catholic Prof

Ashley Thorne

The University of Illinois has restored Professor Kenneth Howell to his position after dismissing him for an email he sent discussing Catholic teaching on homosexuality and natural law.

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July 30, 2010

U of Illinois Reinstates Sacked Religion Professor

Glenn Ricketts

It's nice to be able to end the week on an upbeat note: the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign announced yesterdy that it has reinstated adjunct reilgious studies professor Kenneth Howell......

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