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November 6, 2009

Is Copyright Wrong?

Ashley Thorne

That's what Harvard professor Lawrence Lessig said at the recent Educause conference. "You Geeks Have to Become Radical, Militant Activists" for the sharing of ideas, he commanded. Now that comp......

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November 6, 2009

The Chico Romance

Ashley Thorne

A sustainability conference at CSU-Chico prompts a concerned letter. NAS spots some good reasons for concern.

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November 6, 2009

Message to Ed Schools: Practice What You Teach

Ashley Thorne

Teachers-in-training should learn something before they begin teaching. But they should not learn just anything.

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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

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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