May 5, 2011

California Association of Scholars Opposes New Racial Preferences Senate Bill

John Ellis

Another bill threatens to overturn Proposition 209; the ever-vigilant California Association of Scholars speaks out.

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May 5, 2011

Documentary on E.D. Hirsch: Call for Participants

Do you know E.D. Hirsch? Are you interested in his ideas? Be part of a documentary on his intellectual career.

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May 5, 2011

Clinical Discomfort

Peter Wood

Peter Wood comments on the turn to social activism in law schools.

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May 4, 2011

More Evidence of Grade Inflation

George Leef

In today's Pope Center Clarion Call, Ball State University economics professors Clarence Deitsch and Norman Van Cott discuss grade inflation at their university.

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May 4, 2011

Can We Put Business Students to Work?

Jason Fertig

Jason Fertig considers why business students lack motivation to work hard and encourages business professors to take steps to hold students to higher standards.

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May 3, 2011

College: Luxury, Investment, or Insurance Policy?

Ashley Thorne

Daniel B. Smith explores this question in New York magazine in a sobering, clear-eyed look at the problems with going to college, "The University Has No Clothes."

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May 3, 2011

Not Lost, Just 'Finding Our Way'

Peter Wood

Peter Wood proposes a famously confused guide on the Oregon Trail as the archetype of today

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May 3, 2011

Ask a Scholar: Is "White Privilege" a Good Way to Teach about Race?

Carol Iannone

Should children in elementary school attend the White Privilege Conference to learn about diversity? Isn't this a divisive approach that teaches victimization?

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May 3, 2011

Oops! In Dean Search Political Bias Went Public

George W. Dent

Case Western Reserve University School of Law rejected a conservative candidate after a website raised objections to his politics.

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May 2, 2011

Deflating the Higher Ed Bubble -- A Scenario

George Leef

In this Minding the Campus essay, my Pope Center colleague Jane Shaw ruminates on a scenario in which the higher ed bubble substantially deflates.

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