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August 20, 2010

Threats to Academic Freedom from Right and Left

Ashley Thorne

Bob Samuels reviews AAUP president Cary Nelson's book No University is an Island: Not only did I discover this year that some administrators were receiving all of my emails, but, a couple of y......

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August 20, 2010

Professor Paquette Responds

Ashley Thorne

In April, Hamilton College American history professor Robert Paquette published an NAS article describing how the campus left insulates itself and bullies dissenters. 

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August 20, 2010

Building a 21st Century Syllabus

David Clemens

Professors these days have to cover their backs when writing syllabi, writes David Clemens.

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August 20, 2010

Question of the Week: Why Did You Choose Your College?

Ashley Thorne

We're starting a new "Question of the Week" series. We'll have a new higher-education-related question every week. To answer, leave a comment on this article, email us, or respond via Facebo......

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August 19, 2010

Real Ethics Education

Jason Fertig

Ethics courses should make moral decisions personal, argues Jason Fertig.

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