February 10, 2010

Students Protest Mandatory Sustainability at FGCU

Ashley Thorne

At Florida Gulf Coast University, where the curriculum is centered on the UN's Earth Charter, students say mandated eco-propaganda actually fosters anti-environmentalism. They are gathering sign......

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February 10, 2010

Are You a Parent of a College Kid?

Ashley Thorne

We'd love to hear from you! The other evening, I overheard a mother talking to her college daughter on the phone. The conversation made me pause to consider college from a parent's point of......

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February 10, 2010

Manliness on Campus a Hot Topic

Ashley Thorne

Last week I wrote an article for NAS entitled "The Death of Manliness at the University of Wyoming" about the UW administration's bias against  "Literature By and About Men" (also see "Cowb......

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February 10, 2010

Why are Most Professors Leftists?

George Leef

That has been a hot topic of late. In today's Pope Center Clarion Call, seven professors who are not leftist offer their thoughts on the thesis that the job of professor just doesn't fit the......

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February 10, 2010

Florida Students Petition to Make Mandatory Sustainability Course Optional

Ashley Thorne

Florida Gulf Coast University students say mandated eco-propaganda actually fosters anti-environmentalism.

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February 9, 2010

Minorities Set Up Whites-Only Scholarship Program

Ashley Thorne

The Oregon League of Minority Voters has announced its intention to create a college scholarship program for white students who will study race relations. Via the Chronicle of Higher Education, the......

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February 9, 2010

Professor Bertonneau Replies

George Leef

       Tom Bertonneau's recent articles for the Pope Center have drawn some criticism on the NAS blog. He has written this reply: The responses posted on this......

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February 9, 2010

Overheard at Starbuck's: A Parents Call

Ashley Thorne

Parents and grandparents of college students, we’d love to hear from you. Do you have a memorable comment your child has said about his or her college experience?

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February 8, 2010

Help NAS Through 'Give a Tweet'

Ashley Thorne

Be the first to donate to the National Association of Scholars through Give a Tweet, a new Twitter fundraising site! Give a Tweet enables companies and individuals to match donations so that giving......

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February 8, 2010

On Dewey and Critical Thinking

Ashley Thorne

At American Thinker, Chuck Roger considers the damage done to education by John Dewey: Psychologizing introduced an emotionalism to education that defocused the student from facts, knowledge, and......

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