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February 24, 2011

The Provocative Ideas of "Publius Audax"

robkoons

Pajamas Media have published a series of posts on higher education in Texas, authored by “Publius Audax”, a pseudonym for a professor at an undisclosed state university. Readers of this......

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February 24, 2011

Needless Educational Credential -- The JD

George Leef

In this Washington Examiner piece, lawyer Hans Bader, a Harvard Law School grad, argues that law school is unnecessary and that people who wish to go into legal practice should be allowed to study f......

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February 24, 2011

Mission: Preparation

Peter Cohee

Activism-as-learning begins before college, through the influence on schools of groups such as Facing History and the Children's Environmental Literacy Foundation. What are we preparing students f......

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February 23, 2011

Cutting Oversized State University Budgets Down to Size

George Leef

In this week's Pope Center Clarion Call, Jay Schalin writes about the need to pare down North Carolina's spending on higher education in the face of a large budget deficit.

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