August 11, 2011

Diversity and Western Civilization

William H. Young

William H. Young examines the impact of "diversity" policies on the American polity.

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August 10, 2011

College Professor Throws Down the Gauntlet to TV Anchor!

George Leef

One of the most useful of all the tropes of statism is that the Great Depression was caused by the free market and exacerbated by President Hoover’s refusal to take the sort of bold interventi......

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August 10, 2011

Down with Research Papers, Up with Essays

George Leef

That’s the argument Professor Thomas Bertonneau makes in this week’s Pope Center Clarion Call. Research papers, he contends, merely encourage students to cobble together opinions by &ldq......

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August 10, 2011

AAUP Publishes Official Policy on Campus Controversies

Ashley Thorne

The final version of the association's statement skews the principle of academic freedom and fails to implement good faith recommendations.

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August 9, 2011

Teaching National History in the Age of Globalization

Glenn Ricketts

At some schools, you can get through without taking a single history course and still collect your bachelor's degree.

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August 9, 2011

Video: Accuracy in Academia

Andy Nash interviews Malcolm Kline of Accuracy in Academia.

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August 8, 2011

Good Intentions and Creeping Censorship

Glenn Ricketts

In this piece over at Minding the Campus, attorney David French discusses the impact of recent judicial decsions on college campus civil liberties. It's not looking good for evangelical Christia......

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August 8, 2011

Thuggish Climate Thugs, Cont'd

Glenn Ricketts

In response to Peter Wood's piece on Climate Thuggery, the CHE has run a rebuttal by John Mashey and Robert S. Coleman. The comments thread suggests that standards of decorum and civility still......

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August 8, 2011

Ammons Retaliates Against Exonerated Law Professor

Ashley Thorne

Widener University law school dean has professor Lawrence Connell suspended and banned from campus - after a hearing committee exonerated him from charges of sexual and racial discrimination.

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August 8, 2011

AQ Editor Carol Iannone Quoted on White Privilege

Ashley Thorne

The Omaha World-Herald quotes Academic Questions editor-at-large Carol Iannone on whether emphasizing "white privilege" has educational benefits.

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