October 21, 2009

Our Misplaced Faith in Accreditation

George Leef

Should a college lose accreditation just over a shaky financial situation? Should we use accreditation as the touchstone for eligibility for federal student aid funds? In this week's Pope Center......

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October 21, 2009

Higher Education And The Great Chain of Being

Mitchell Langbert

In the twentieth century, psychologists who studied  human resource management  realized that employment tests were the best way to select  job applicants.  Tests need to be veri......

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October 21, 2009

Playing Offense and Defense: What Rush Limbaugh (and the Rest of Us) Can Learn from History

Jonathan Bean

In a recent op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, Rush Limbaugh defends his record (“I am not a racist”) and further points out the double standard allowing left-liberals off the hook for s......

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October 21, 2009

Happy Campus Sustainability Day

Ashley Thorne

With its Second Nature roots, global warming alarmist moderator, and exuberant intentions to “celebrate sustainability in higher education,” Campus Sustainability Day promises to deliver......

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October 20, 2009

The Push for Tobacco-Free Campuses

George Leef

Most schools now compel students and personnel who desire to smoke to do so in designated outside areas, but that isn't enough for a group that wants a complete tobacco ban. Inside Higher Ed has......

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October 20, 2009

Social Justice Revisited

Ashley Thorne

NAS highlights the social justice movement in higher education.

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October 19, 2009

Make 'Em Walk

Ashley Thorne

Watch for this new eco-trend on campus: parking restrictions. At the University of Toledo, according to the Reformer's Blog, the best parking is reserved for  hybrid veh......

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October 19, 2009

Not a Minute to Spare for the Minuteman

Ashley Thorne

Jim Gilchrist, president of the Minuteman Project, an anti-illegal immigration organization, has been dis-invited from speaking at Harvard in an immigration symposium. The decision not to have him s......

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October 19, 2009

Where Read?

David Clemens

In his passionate book, University of Virginia English Professor Mark Edmundson asks Why Read? and provides a compelling answer. [caption id="attachment_298" align="alignleft" width="159" caption=""Th......

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October 19, 2009

Any Racists Here?...No Comment

Ashley Thorne

A psychology professor declares, "I make it a point to ask my students, 'So, are there any students in here who see themselves as racist?'"

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