November 30, 2009

Diversi-Oaths: Creedal Admissions in the American University

Peter Wood

"Diversity" essays in college applications teach students how to bow to an anti-intellectual idol. At Berkeley, the bow is becoming for would-be grad students a full-scale grovel.

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November 24, 2009

Scientists Turned Political Propagandists

Candace de Russy

I've noted that financial gain surely figured in the motivation of the scientists who appear to have conspired to suppress climate data. But of course there is also this possible motiv......

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November 24, 2009

They Blinded Us With Science

Ashley Thorne

This is a guest article from Alex Berezow, a Ph.D. candidate in microbiology at the University of Washington. The opinions expressed therein do not necessarily reflect the official position of......

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November 24, 2009

Mandatory Re-education for MN Teacher-Candidates?

Michael Krauss

Here's a nice discussion of a proposal from the University of Minnesota's College of Education that aspiring teachers there must repudiate the notion of "the American Dream" in order to obta......

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November 24, 2009

The APA Discriminates

Ashley Thorne

The APA intended to end one form of discrimination, but they have begun another.

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November 24, 2009

National Security Threatened by Devotion to Diversity

Ashley Thorne

We know the diversity doctrine harms the quality of higher education, but did you know that it threatens our national security?

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November 24, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving!

Peter Wood

A New Jersey school teacher says there is "no conclusive evidence that the first Thanksgiving happened."

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November 23, 2009

Tolerance and Terrorism at Queens College

Mitchell Langbert

Jeff Wiesenfeld, trustee of the City University of New York, has written a letter to the New York Post concerning an alleged terrorist's appearing as a speaker at Queens College (h/t Sharad Kark......

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November 23, 2009

Dispositions Back in the News

King Banaian

Katherine Kersten brings back an old topic on this blog: dispositions theory in education. There's a new design of teacher education at the University of Minnesota, she says: The initiative is......

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November 23, 2009

SLO Challenge Goes to PERB

David Clemens

The November-December issue of CCA Advocate contains a front page story on how Lassen Community College is challenging Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) with the California Public Employmen......

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