November 20, 2009
I subscribe to a sustainability listserv through the University of Chicago. This came in the mail today: I wonder what it means by "true meaning of Thanksgiving." I wrote to the host of the ev......
November 20, 2009
Time magazine recently published a list of the 10 best college presidents. But what makes a president "good"? Are there good college presidents, or are they all just silly people in silly jobs?
November 19, 2009
In praise of choosing community college: http://www.collegezombies.com/ (3-minute video) Compare with "Why It's Worth It to Send My Kid to Yale" at Huffington Post.
November 19, 2009
Around 10 B.C.E., the Roman poet Horace asserted that poetry’s purpose is “to delight and instruct.” More recently, in the Wall Street Journal, James Collins declared th......
November 19, 2009
NAS members and AQ subscribers, the December issue is available online. You can log in and download and print individual articles or simply read them on your computer. If you are a member/subscriber......
