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November 6, 2009

Response to Mitchell

Jonathan Smith

After NAS posted Academic Questions article "Remapping Geography," Don Mitchell offered a response to the authors, Jonathan M. Smith and Jim Norwine. Here Professor Smith responds to Mitchell.

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November 5, 2009

NAS Articles This Week

Ashley Thorne

Check out the NAS articles from this week so far! Remapping Geography, Jonathan M. Smith and Jim Norwine, Nov. 2 On the state of academic geography today, from a forthcoming issue of Academic Q......

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November 5, 2009

Academic Freedom Forum

Peter Wood

This article, originally posted at MindingtheCampus.com, is a response, added to those of others, to University of Chicago president Robert Zimmer's recent speech on academic freedom.

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November 5, 2009

Response to Smith and Norwine on Remapping Geography

Don Mitchell

Dr. Don Mitchell, author of Cultural Geography: A Critical Introduction who was mentioned in Professors Smith and Norwine's Academic Questions article "Remapping Geography," offers a response to......

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November 4, 2009

On the Beauty of Formal Grammar

Ashley Thorne

A charming blog on our blogroll, Quiddity - created by the Center for Independent Research on Classical Education (CiRCE) - has an excellent post on the beauty of formally-taught grammar.......

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