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February 15, 2011

Daniel Bell (1919-2011) - An Appreciation

Russell K. Nieli

Russell Nieli offers an appreciation of Daniel Bell, the sociologist who taught us that the modernist elevation of self-expression as a cultural ideal would erode the personal discipline on which ca......

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February 15, 2011

NAS Delaware Affiliate President Jan Blits Receives Academic Freedom Award

Ashley Thorne

We congratulate Professor Blits on being honored for his courage in challenging political correctness at the University of Delaware.

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February 15, 2011

Teaching Sustainability: Moral Imperatives and Psychotherapy

Peter Wood

A webinar on sustainability education counsels participants to use manipulative psychotherapeutic techniques to influence people to act sustainably.

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February 14, 2011

The Uselessness of "Student Learning Outcomes"

Ashley Thorne

At the Chronicle, April Kelly-Woessner has an incisive piece on outcomes assessment at her university and in higher education at large. She argues that the nation is less concerned about measuring h......

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February 14, 2011

Bloggers Pick Up Peter Wood's Piven-Beck Article

Ashley Thorne

Peter Wood's Chronicle article on the Piven-Beck controversy has been getting a lot of attention from five noteworthy online forums. 

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