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October 12, 2010

Ask a Scholar: What is the True Definition of Latino?

Dario Fernandez-Morera

What does it mean to be Latino? Are only Latin American people Latino, or does the term apply to anyone whose language derived from Latin?

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October 12, 2010

Academic Retrenchment and Political Strategies in New York

Publius

A call to readers to contact New York's gubernatorial candidates about the massive cuts to foreign language at SUNY Albany.

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October 11, 2010

Sometimes They're Right, But Don't Call Them Scholars!

George Leef

That seems to be the dismissive approach of The New York Times when it turns out that a professor who favors the free market and opposes crony capitalism is proven to be right. Professor Jonathan Be......

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October 8, 2010

Texas Blazes the Transparency Trail

Candace de Russy

Texan professors who thrive on taxpayer funding are irate about a state law that requires them to make course content clear to students before the latter ......

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October 8, 2010

Jobs for College Grads

George Leef

Michael Mandel notes in this post that among recent college grads who have employment, the greatest number have government jobs. They probably produce little or no value; what they do may in fact im......

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