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April 26, 2010

CUNY Professor Wins $250K from Faculty Union

Mitchell Langbert

Last fall the CUNY faculty union, the Professional Staff Congress (PSC), settled Professor David Seidemann's law suit by paying Seidemann's pro bono attorney, Jones, Day, $250,000 in legal f......

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April 26, 2010

Freedom from Bad Academic Writing

Jonathan Bean

The following column on George Orwell's advice to free students from bad academic writing is worth reading: http://chronicle.com/article/Bad-WritingBad-Thinking/65031/?sid=ja&utm_source=ja......

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April 26, 2010

Steve Balch Responds to Ad Hominem Newspaper Attack

Steve Balch

NAS Chairman Steve Balch answers a sneer against NAS and its efforts to revive the study of Western civilization.

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April 26, 2010

Is Higher Education Facing Economic Peril?

Herbert London

NAS board member Herbert London suggests ways colleges and universities can save money in this time of budget cuts.

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April 23, 2010

Textbooks: The Feds Should Keep Out

George Leef

In today's Pope Center article, Professors Don Boudreaux and Roger Meiners write about the recent law that lets the federal camel get its nose under the textbook tent. The argue that the law wil......

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