February 23, 2011

Cutting Oversized State University Budgets Down to Size

George Leef

In this week's Pope Center Clarion Call, Jay Schalin writes about the need to pare down North Carolina's spending on higher education in the face of a large budget deficit.

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February 22, 2011

Bloggers Pick Up Connell Interview

Ashley Thorne

Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit picked up Ashley Thorne's interview with Professor Lawrence Connell from Volokh, and Paul L. Caron at TaxProf Blog also weighed in.

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February 22, 2011

Disincentives to Academic Rigor Converge

Ashley Thorne

NAS member William Pannapacker (writing under the pen name Thomas H. Benton) has another insightful article in the CHE, asserting that a number of powerful forces have come together discourage acade......

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February 22, 2011

Medical Ethics, Medical Schools, and the Wisconsin Protests

George Leef

Dr. Paul Hsieh writes here about medical ethics, medical schools, and dishonesty. 

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February 22, 2011

Going to College Makes People More Likely to "Hide" Than to "Do"

David Clemens

In The Weekly Standard, Joseph Epstein makes a nice distinction between those who see man’s essential self as defined by what he hides and those who see man’s essential self as defined b......

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February 22, 2011

Jason Fertig Appears on Inside Academia TV

In an interview with Inside Academia this week, Jason Fertig speaks about credential inflation and the need for higher education reform.

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February 22, 2011

De-Tribalizing Academe

Peter Wood

Peter Wood examines the controversial claim by Jonathan Haidt that social psychologists form a “tribal-moral community.”

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February 18, 2011

A Closer Look at the AAUP's New Statement on Controversial Professors

Ashley Thorne

Inside Higher Ed interviewed NAS president Peter Wood on his thoughts on the AAUP's statement, released today, on academic freedom for professors who take sides in controversies. While NAS agree......

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February 18, 2011

Collegiate Press Roundup

Glenn Ricketts

Student press corps writers analyze stress among undergraduates, changing views of Valentine's Day and romance, the Constitution and slavery and a 2012 presidential prospect.

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