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June 8, 2011

Random Thoughts On Student Evaluations

Glenn Ricketts

It's pretty easy to find bona-fide empirical studies illustrating some of the major limitations of those student surveys that most of us are obliged to administer to our classes every semester.

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June 8, 2011

A "Gentlemen's Agreement" at Yale?

Ashley Thorne

Questions arise about Yale's decision to close an interdisciplinary program on anti-Semitism.

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June 7, 2011

Video: Paul Gottfried: "Multiculturalism is the Religion of Universities"

A professor who satirized campus political correctness speaks out about the problems caused by the multicultural agenda.

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June 7, 2011

The Dangerous Mr. Khan

David Clemens

Khan Academy's video lectures may work for teaching math and science, but history gets short-changed in favor of quick information transfer and a too-zoomed-out big picture view.

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June 6, 2011

Campus Sexual Misconduct Codes, Con't

Glenn Ricketts

As I observed briefly here last week, the US Dept. of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced a mandatory new standard under which most campus judiciary bodies will be expected t......

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