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April 27, 2009

Closed Eyes

Glenn Ricketts

This article, a review of the book Closed Minds? Politics and Ideology in American Universities, appeared in the spring 2009 issue of Academic Questions (volume 22, number 2).

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April 27, 2009

The Classroom Without Reason

Douglas Campbell

The following essay is a "Report from the Academy" which was published in Academic Questions (volume 22, number 2).

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April 26, 2009

Virginia Tech, Round 2:Staging Diversity

Peter Wood

Two weeks after Virginia Tech announced it was dropping its diversity litmus test for faculty members, an ambitious dean plots to bring it back.

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April 24, 2009

How Not to Learn from History

Carol Iannone

A look at how the case of Alger Hiss illustrates the Left

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April 24, 2009

Noose Professor Cites NAS in Lawsuit

Ashley Thorne

Madonna Constantine, the formerly tenured professor who was fired last year for plagiarism, is now filing a lawsuit against Columbia Teachers College. Her claim mentions an NAS article, "The Copyist a......

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