March 16, 2011

Widener Dean Pursues Punishment for Law Prof Who Used Hypotheticals in Class

Ashley Thorne

A press release by Lawrence Connell's lawyer states that Dean Ammons is ignoring the recommendations of the faculty committee to drop charges against Professor Connell.

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March 16, 2011

NPR Blues

Peter Wood

Peter Wood elucidates the views of the NPR executive fired for his unguarded disparaging of conservatives as anti-intellectual.

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March 16, 2011

Video: A Conversation with Peter Wood

If you missed NAS president Peter Wood's recent discussion in New York of anger in America today, you can watch the video here.

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March 15, 2011

Schlesinger May Have Been a Good Historian, But...

George Leef

Yesterday's Wall Street Journal included a letter from a writer who thought that he could counter a recent op-ed by Charles Koch, arguing that the federal government does too much, costs too muc......

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March 15, 2011

Academic Questions Author Lawrence Mead on BBC

NYU professor Lawrence Mead, an author in a recent issue of Academic Questions, did a feature for the BBC on welfare reform in the UK.

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March 15, 2011

If Even Krugman Says It...

Peter Wood

Peter Wood weighs the liberal commentator’s view that American higher education is no longer the path to prosperity in America.

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March 14, 2011

Conflict at Brooklyn College: Horowitz Talk on Video

Mitchell Langbert

Video of David Horowitz's presentation at Brooklyn College is here. Horowitz writes an extensive article about his talk at Brooklyn College on Frontpagemag, which appeared Friday. I attempted to......

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March 14, 2011

Is Teaching a Team Sport?

Jason Fertig

Students learn better when their courses fit together and build on one another. Jason Fertig counsels professors in each major to see themselves as teams united by overarching education goals.

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March 11, 2011

Links to Widener Law Prof Update

Ashley Thorne

Thanks to bloggers for the links to NAS's update on Widener criminal law professor Lawrence Connell. A university committee recently recommended withdrawing charges of racism and sexism against......

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March 11, 2011

David Horowitz at Brooklyn College

Mitchell Langbert

A student, Yosef Sobel, decided to invite David Horowitz to Brooklyn College in response to campus protests. The campus protesters pretended to be Israeli military officers stopping students at checkp......

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