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September 2, 2010

Virginia Tech's New "Diversity" Litmus Test

Ashley Thorne

An Argus volunteer gave us an update on the latest efforts to enforce "diversity" on faculty members at Virginia Tech.  Last year Virginia Tech required faculty members to prove the val......

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September 2, 2010

Collegiate Press Roundup 9-2-10

Glenn Ricketts

Student journalists examine topics from presidential speeches to campus smoking bans.

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September 2, 2010

Take Back the Classroom from PowerPoint

Jason Fertig

Restrict PowerPoint use in teaching to pictures and videos, writes Jason Fertig. Too much PowerPoint usurps professors' authority and accustoms students to lazy thinking.

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September 1, 2010

A Big Hole in the Economics Curriculum

George Leef

In this week's Pope Center Clarion Call, Professor Bruce Caldwell of Duke University discusses what he sees as a big hole in the graduate economics curriculum and one that's developing in th......

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September 1, 2010

Texas Hold `Em

David Clemens

Over at Pajamasmedia, “Zombie” is in the midst of a five part analysis of the Texas textbook battle.  In The Language Police (2004), Diane Ravitch argued that to avoid offen......

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