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October 25, 2010

Sustainability News: October 2010

Ashley Thorne

"Sustainability is no longer a buzz word," says an MSU administrator. So if it's not a buzzword, what's all the buzz on college campuses about?

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October 22, 2010

The Inscrutable Americans

John Rosenberg

Chinese scholars have it right when they equate "American diversity with chaos."

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October 22, 2010

A Voice from the Front Lines of the High School English Classroom

A reader offers constructive suggestions and deepens our understanding of the reasons high school teachers don’t (and can’t) assign research papers.

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October 21, 2010

NAS Scoops NY Post

Ashley Thorne

Thanks to a tip from our CUNY affiliate, NAS published an article exposing the gaffe of a Brooklyn College faculty member, Jocelyn Wills, who wrote in an email, "Please spread the word among your co......

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October 21, 2010

Censored Study Unearthed - Why Teachers Don't Assign Research Papers

Ashley Thorne

The NAS has published a long-buried study on the state of the history research paper in American high schools. The 2002 study sponsored by The Concord Review (TCR) went unpublished when its benefact......

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