April 25, 2011

Jane's Choice

Ashley Thorne

The pivotal moral decision in Jane Eyre makes little sense to a modern audience, thanks largely to today's emphasis on self-esteem education.

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April 25, 2011

NAS Affiliate Head Appointed to Civil Rights Commission's Illinois Committee

Ashley Thorne

Jonathan Bean, an NAS leader and history professor at Southern Illinois University, has been appointed to the state's advisory committee for the U.S. Civil Rights Commission.

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April 21, 2011

Fixing Sustainability and Sustaining Liberal Education

The National Association of Scholars critiques the campus sustainability movement and proposes how it can be set right.

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April 21, 2011

Earth Day Thoughts on Campus Sustainability

Ashley Thorne

Cross posted from Phi Beta Cons The National Association of Scholars has issued an official statement critiquing the campus “sustainability” movement and suggesting paths to......

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April 21, 2011

Davidson Professor Blasts Student over Opinion Article

Ashley Thorne

An exchange in the student newspaper raises questions about the standards of civil discourse on campus.

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April 21, 2011

Collegiate Press Roundup

Glenn Ricketts

Student press analysts take a look at 2012 presidential politics, campus green efforts, the importance of Awareness Day and the problems with Hate Crimes statutes.

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April 21, 2011

Scholars Critique Campus "Sustainability" Movement, Propose Alternatives

The National Association of Scholars issued a statement explaining how a current campus ideology is at odds with the principles of liberal education.

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April 21, 2011

Unearthing Matriarchy

Peter Wood

Peter Wood contrasts the university’s indulgence of the myth of matriarchal prehistory with its aversion to conservative Christianity.

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April 20, 2011

Graduation Rate Data Aren't So Important

George Leef

In today's Pope Center Clarion Call, my colleague Duke Cheston and I examine a recent AEI paper arguing that students and parents should be leery of schools with low graduation rates and arguing......

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April 20, 2011

Protest Envy

Peter Wood

Peter Wood explains why a planned day of protest by academic unions faltered.

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