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Read thoughts and initiatives from the National Association of Scholars.

April 2, 2009

Acknowledging the "Knowledge-Politics Problem"

Steve Balch

A response to a working paper by Neil Gross which asserts that professors do not try to force their views on students and which surveys faculty understanding of academic freedom.

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April 1, 2009

Icy Memories: A Scrapbook of our Winter Articles

Ashley Thorne

As wintry days turn to spring, be sure not to miss a thing!

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April 1, 2009

Slouching Toward the Therapeutic University: Part 3

Tom Wood

A university is about self-discovery, but in a sense quite different from person-centered therapy. It involves stretching the self and the mind with the thoughts of the great minds of the past and pre......

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March 31, 2009

Slouching Toward the Therapeutic University: Part 2

Tom Wood

How the "students as customers" attitude and the self-esteem movement undermine good education.

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