November 22, 2013

Test Your Knowledge: Hobgoblins and Consistency

Peter Wood

As we enter the last month of the semester, it's almost time for final exams. Here's a literature one for you, written by NAS president Peter Wood.

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November 21, 2013

Jobs at NAS

National Association of Scholars

NAS seeks to hire two research fellows and two office interns. Contact us to learn more and apply.

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November 20, 2013

MOOC Course Correction

Rachelle Peterson

Sebastian Thrun, the founder of Udacity, thinks MOOCs have failed to reach their target audience and need to switch their focus to teaching technical skills. 

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November 20, 2013

Desperate Attempt at Keeping the College Bubble Inflated

George Leef

George Leef argues that the messages in the College Board's 2013 report "College Pays" don't fit well with the evidence that large numbers of students are rethinking the value of a coll......

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November 19, 2013

A Serious Blow to Academic Freedom--No Outcry, Though

Peter Wood

The latest in the attacks on Mark Regnerus is a court decision that utterly undermines scholarly peer review.

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November 15, 2013

From Student Activist to Gotham’s Mayor

Peter Wood

The Metropolitan Studies major is now the Metropolitan-in-Chief. Peter Wood takes a look at how perspectives from academia have influenced Bill de Blasio.

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November 12, 2013

Why Do Students Drop Out of MOOCs?

Rachelle Peterson

Ninety percent or more of MOOC registrants will fail to complete their courses, often because of the impersonal, sterile atmosphere. 

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November 6, 2013

From Each According to His Earnings

George Leef

Making student loan repayments contingent on graduates' income would encourage more weak students to take out loans they can't repay, writes George Leef.

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November 1, 2013

Catholic Scholars Take Stand Opposing the Common Core

National Association of Scholars

A group of 132 Catholic professors have urged bishops in the United States to reject the Common Core K-12 State Standards for Catholic schools in their dioceses.

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October 31, 2013

Rotten to the Core?

George Leef

A Pope Center report finds UNC-Chapel Hill's general education curriculum stuffed with trendy, politicized courses.

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