April 9, 2013

A "Comprehensive Assessment" or "Failed Attack"? You Decide.

Michael Toscano

Read the responses to NAS's What Does Bowdoin Teach?

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April 9, 2013

Video: Peter Wood on Wall Street Journal TV

NAS president Peter Wood asks Bowdoin College to consider, "Is your curriculum really teaching students how to think critically?"

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April 9, 2013

This Week: Western Civilization and the Academy Conference

Crystal Plum

Saint Vincent College is hosting a conference to explore the roots, extent, and long-term consequences of the academic shift away from the study of Western civilization.

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April 8, 2013

Theodore Hamerow, RIP

Stanley G. Payne

We mourn the passing of Professor Ted Hamerow, remembered here by a close colleague.

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April 8, 2013

Video: Bowdoin Report Launch Event

Watch the video from NAS's launch of the report What Does Bowdoin Teach?. 

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April 5, 2013

American History Bill Aims for a More Inclusive Curriculum

Thomas K. Lindsay

Thomas Lindsay offers a defense of the Texas American History Bill.

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April 3, 2013

Commencing the Bowdoin Conversation

Michael Toscano

NAS invites readers to share their responses to What Does Bowdoin Teach?

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April 3, 2013

Conformity, Partisanship Dominate Elite College, Say Scholars

PRESS RELEASE: The National Association of Scholars (NAS) has published a new report which documents how liberal arts education at an elite college is dominated by political partisanship.

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April 3, 2013

What Does Bowdoin Teach? How a Contemporary Liberal Arts College Shapes Students

Peter Wood

A 360-degree look at the politicization of a contemporary liberal arts college.

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April 2, 2013

It's Almost As If We'd Remained British

George Leef

In Britain too an obscenely large number of young people with a university education will not be able to find a job that matches their expectations.

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