January 6, 2011

Collegiate Press Roundup 1-6-11

Glenn Ricketts

Back from semester break, student journalists have a look at prospects for the 2012 election, the need for increased campus activism and the influence of Wikileaks.

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January 6, 2011

Stan Rothman: A Tribute

Steve Balch

Remembering a great social scientist, defender of reason, and friend.

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January 5, 2011

$200K in Debt for Her BA in Sociology

George Leef

Kelli Space is a poster child for the damage done by our college degree mania, fueled by easy federal money .

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January 5, 2011

Get Smart, Get NASNET

Ashley Thorne

NASNET is the free moderated email list hosted by the National Association of Scholars. Think of it as a butterfly net we use to scoop up lots of interesting finds and pass them on to you.

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January 5, 2011

10 Random Thoughts for the New Year

Jason Fertig

Ponderings and proposals for higher ed in 2011.

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January 4, 2011

Not a Coincidence

Glenn Ricketts

A veteran of many faculty searches thinks it's more than plausible -- having experienced first-hand the heavy breathing of administrators determined to "diversify" the faculty -- that minority h......

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January 4, 2011

The Box

David Clemens

Excited to receive the shipment from Dan Wyman Books, I ripped open the box only to feel revulsion.  Inside were old books related to the Holocaust and those who would deny its existence.

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January 4, 2011

Surfeits of Certitude

Peter Wood

Should we approach higher education with more skepticism?

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January 3, 2011

Arizona Embraces K-12 "Ignorance"

Glenn Ricketts

We thought it was reason to celebrate when Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed HB 2281 into law, mercifully eliminating a Chicano Studies curriculum - La Raza Studies, as it was also called. Today ho......

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January 3, 2011

Obama Does It Again

George Leef

Duke professor Cathy Davidson (a Gang of 88 member) appointed to the National Council on Humanities. 

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