December 29, 2010

"Popular Culture and the Academy" AQ Issue in Print

Ashley Thorne

The winter issue of Academic Questions looks at the ways pop culture affects higher education today.

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December 29, 2010

A Playground of Words and Ideas

Peter Wood

Peter Wood looks at Google’s new database of digitized books and shares some lessons on diversity.

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December 28, 2010

AP Tests Don't Always Benefit High School Students

Ashley Thorne

According to the San Jose Mercury News, having students take Advanced Placement tests when they aren't adequately prepared for them can cause them to miss the basics of high school education.

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December 28, 2010

College for the Credential, Work for the Education

George Leef

David Bass decided on getting his college degree entirely through online courses. His college classes, just as he had thought, did little to advance his capabilities in comparison with all the on-th......

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December 28, 2010

Austrian School Economists and the Housing Bubble

George Leef

Quite a few Austrian economists predicted the housing bubble, based on their method of analyzing changes in incentives and their logical consequences.

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December 28, 2010

'Potentially Evangelical'

Peter Wood

Peter Wood draws attention to a lawsuit brought against the University of Kentucky by an astronomer who claims he was denied appointment because of religious bias.

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December 28, 2010

Debating the Academic Bill of Rights

Peter Wood

Does the Academic Bill of Rights amount to affirmative action for conservative faculty or is it an appeal to colleges and universities to end discrimination on the basis of political views?

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December 23, 2010

"How to Win a Beauty Pageant" - No Comment

Glenn Ricketts

New history course at Oberlin College.

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December 22, 2010

FIRE Serves Notice on Speech Codes

Glenn Ricketts

FIRE sends a letter to over 300 university presidents and their legal advisers, who have long stonewalled criticism of unconstitutional speech codes.

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December 22, 2010

Academic Freedom? We're All Conservatives

Glenn Ricketts

Stanley Fish seems to be seeking the middle ground on revisions to Penn State's policy authorized by the faculty Senate, and now awaiting approval by PSU's president. Particularly unfortunat......

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