February 17, 2009

"Ask God What Your Grade Is"

Ashley Thorne

A professor at LA City College shouts down and attempts to expel a student for supporting Proposition 8.

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February 13, 2009

Unworldly Diversity

Russell K. Nieli

A review of the book, The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies. This article appeared in the "Liberal Education and the Family" issue of Academ......

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February 13, 2009

Social Work Ed: Still Scandalous, But State Licensing Boards Not Scandalized

Glenn Ricketts

State licencing boards failed to respond to the imminent concerns NAS has raised about social work school accreditation.

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February 12, 2009

Panel 2: The Changing Economic and Technical Landscape of Higher Education

Video: Panel 2 at the January 2009 NAS conference, chaired by Herbert London, included Andrew Gillen (representing Richard Vedder), Richard Bishirjian, and Scott Jaschik.

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February 12, 2009

Good Practice: An NAS Series (2)

Peter Wood

What is the best way to teach a course? To organize a curriculum? To administer a college? To serve as a trustee? We want to hear from you.

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February 12, 2009

Sustainabullies

Peter Wood

How the sustainability movement self-reproduces

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February 11, 2009

Update on UW Fox Dean's Blog

Ashley Thorne

The votes are in! This is a story of a university administrator who wrongly assumed that his political posturing would be met with widespread approbation.

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February 10, 2009

Stanley Fish and the Storm in Ottowa

Peter Wood

Professor Fish blogged in the New York Times about Dennis Rancourt, a self-described anarchist and an advocate of

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