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January 7, 2011

Huckleberry Finn and Cultural Senstitivity

Glenn Ricketts

You may have read about the latest attempt to make a classic work acceptable to contemporary PC sensibilities, in this case a new edition of Huckleberry Finn from which racial epithets - certainly aut......

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January 7, 2011

Rich Vedder on the Overproduction of Advanced Degrees

George Leef

At The Chronicle's Innovations blog, Rich Vedder discusses the overproduction of advanced degrees in the U.S. 

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January 7, 2011

Faculty Productivity

George Leef

In today's Pope Center piece, Duke Cheston writes about his findings regarding the UNC political science department. Have tenured faculty engaged in some successful "rent seeking" to reduce the......

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January 6, 2011

Duked Out

Glenn Ricketts

Duke history Professor Peter Wood, not to be confused with NAS's president of the same name. seems to use the classroom to malign the character of students, lacrosse players in particular. Never......

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January 6, 2011

Introducing Inside Academia: The Bloggingheads of Education

Ashley Thorne

Blogger is thrilled about the launch of Inside Academia.

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