March 21, 2014

Arguments for Racial Preferences Losing Ground

Ashley Thorne

As California discards a bill that would overturn Proposition 209, there is evidence that racial preferences are becoming more and more discredited.

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March 19, 2014

Articulating a Social Justice Agenda

Daniel Oliver

Arthur Brooks tries to add a new layer of varnish to efforts to define social justice. 

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March 19, 2014

Income Share Agreements: Can They Finance Higher Education?

George Leef

Equity funding for college students is attracting attention, but can't work as long as we have easy government loans.

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March 18, 2014

What the Common Core Will Do to Colleges

Peter Wood

The Common Core will not make an appreciable number of students more "college ready." Rather, it feeds the illusion that a college degree is a ticket to personal prosperity.

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March 17, 2014

The MOOC Chronicles Part 4: Community

Rachelle Peterson

The closing lecture of an "Introduction to Sustainability" MOOC reveals the limited reciprocity between teachers and students in online learning environments.

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March 17, 2014

NAS Member Robert Paquette Receives Award for His Defense of Academic Freedom

National Association of Scholars

National Association of Scholars member Robert L. Paquette received the Jeane Jordan Kirkpatrick Prize for Academic Freedom.

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March 14, 2014

The World Citizen on Campus

Peter Wood

The campus Left has found a new way of fostering a soft disdain for the American civic tradition: teaching students to be “citizens of the world.”

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March 13, 2014

Ohio Association of Scholars Meeting

National Association of Scholars

The Ohio Association of Scholars will host a meeting in April.

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March 12, 2014

Mary Grabar Writes About "Food Studies"

George Leef

Mary Grabar writes about the growing popularity of "progressive" Food Studies programs among colleges.

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March 12, 2014

The SAT Upgrade Is a Big Mistake

Peter Wood

In an attempt to advance "social justice," the College Board has once again revised the SAT.

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