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November 23, 2009

The Spirit That Makes a College

Ken Daniszewski

Given the problems facing higher education today, this speech on the purpose of college delivered by Justice Wendell Phillips Stafford at the Sesqui-Centennial of Dartmouth College in 1919 seems as......

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November 23, 2009

Update on Hacker's Release of Files Suggesting Academic Global Warming Conspiracy

Candace de Russy

Many professors in the humanities and social sciences have been taking heat for years about the quality and integrity - in particular, the tendentiousness - of their research and teaching. But,......

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November 23, 2009

California Tuition Turmoil

Peter Wood

Protesters at the University of California have some demands that reflect ignorance of basic economics.

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November 23, 2009

Teeth-Bared Teachers' Ed

Peter Wood

The University of Minnesota looks to make race, class, and gender politics the “overarching framework” for teacher education.

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November 23, 2009

Stories We're Watching

Peter Wood

Climate conspiracy, teeth-bared teachers’ ed, California tuition turmoil, a punchy professor—it’s been a busy fortnight in higher ed.

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