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December 22, 2009

Virginia Tech Reasserts 'Diversity' Folly: Part 2

Peter Wood

NAS fisks Virginia Tech's new Strategic Diversity Plan, which fills the sandbags of advocacy against the rising tide of common sense.

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December 21, 2009

Robert P. George in the New York Times

Ashley Thorne

Check out this NYT article on NAS Board of Advisors member Robert P. George. 

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December 20, 2009

Online Education: Why We Need More of It

Jonathan Bean

Many who argue for a return to a more traditional, rigorous curriculum are also critical of online education. In this blog, I make the case that online education can help scholars reach nontradition......

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December 19, 2009

"Death to Moby Dick!"

David Clemens

 The Chronicle of Higher Education jobs list includes this gem: “The Department of English at UCLA invites applications for the position of Assistant Professor in Residence, in the area o......

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December 19, 2009

Climategate Opens Wider

Candace de Russy

James Delingpole, in the Telegraph, recently noted: Climategate just got much, much bigger. And all thanks to the Russians who, with perfect timing, dropped this bombshell just as the world’......

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