February 6, 2009

Brandishing an Apology

Ashley Thorne

Faculty call for transparency in art controversy.

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February 5, 2009

No Maintenance At All: Just Education

Ashley Thorne

The Salem campus of SNHU remembers why we go to college in the first place.

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February 4, 2009

Champlain Ethics

Peter Wood

How the University of Vermont waters down character education

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February 3, 2009

Art for Gold

Peter Wood

Cash flow collides with the higher things at Brandeis.

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February 2, 2009

Vote on Administrator's Political Showcasing

Ashley Thorne

Should a campus dean use his university platform to advertise his politics? Vote now!

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January 30, 2009

Debate: The Meaning of Academic Freedom

At the 2009 conference NAS president Peter Wood and AAUP president Cary Nelson debated the definition of this core principle.

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January 30, 2009

Electracy What a Tangled Web We Weave

Peter Wood

If electronic proficiency replaces literacy, can we be truly whole?

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January 29, 2009

Panel 1: The Changing Political Landscape of Higher Education

The first panel at the recent NAS conference, moderated by Anne Neal, included Abigail Thernstrom, Greg Lukianoff, Terry Hartle, and Diane Auer Jones.

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