January 29, 2010

Tom Bertonneau on Our "Media Savvy" Students

George Leef

Tom Bertonneau, who has previously written some excellent articles for the Pope Center on the difficulties of teaching young Americans who disdain reading, today begins another series of pieces. Thi......

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January 29, 2010

Kaleidoscope or Rubik's Cube? The AAUP's Academic Freedom Scholarship

Ashley Thorne

NAS congratulates the AAUP on the launch of its new Journal of Academic Freedom.

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January 28, 2010

Apple iPad and College?

Ashley Thorne

Yesterday, Apple unveiled its latest super-cool gadget the iPad: a cross between an iPhone and a Mac laptop. Some people are comparing it to Amazon's reader the Kindle. Some are pondering whethe......

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January 28, 2010

NAS President Peter Wood to Appear in Radio Interview

Ashley Thorne

NAS President Peter Wood will be speaking in a live radio broadcast this evening at 5:17 P.M. He will be interviewed by Dr. Russell Moore on the Albert Mohler program, on the topic of how Christians......

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January 28, 2010

Origins of Social Justice Education: Kohlberg's Moral Maturity Theory

Mitchell Langbert

I am in the middle of Reimer, Paolitto and Hersh's Promoting Moral Growth from Piaget to Kohlberg as part of research on business ethics. Kohlberg claims that as children mature they develop gre......

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January 28, 2010

Howard Zinn, Silent

Peter Wood

Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States, has died.

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January 28, 2010

The State of the University

Ashley Thorne

What President Obama's State of the Union address means for the future of higher education.

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January 27, 2010

Recommended Articles for 1/27/10

Ashley Thorne

NAS: Baggage Claim at Williams Williams College will cancel classes to engage in "pomosexual" poetry performances, politicized art discussions, a "queering communities" panel, and "reclaiming New E......

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January 27, 2010

Congratulations to ACTA President on NACIQI Appointment

Ashley Thorne

We just received a press release from our friends at the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) with some good news: Anne D. Neal, president of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni,......

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January 27, 2010

Rap Battle of the Economists: Keynes vs. Hayek

Ashley Thorne

One principle NAS upholds is civil debate in scholarship. To that end, this rap battle from econstories.tv seems relevant: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0nERTFo-Sk&feature=player_embe......

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