September 20, 2010

Too Little, Too Late

Candace de Russy

Wellesley, Mass.'s head of schools has publicly apologized after learning middle schoolers participated in a Muslim prayer service during a field trip last spring. During the outing&nb......

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September 20, 2010

CUNY Affiliate Urges Common Reading Transparency

Dorothy Lang

The CUNY Association of Scholars gives Brooklyn College three recommendations for improving its freshman book assignment.

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September 17, 2010

Better Books for Next Year's Beaches

Ashley Thorne

Remember the Beach Books report on common reading programs? It showed that U.S. colleges and universities are generally picking lightweight, politically biased books as yearlong "theme" books for stud......

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September 17, 2010

Scholars Pick Must-Reads for Undergrads

The NAS released a list of books it recommends for college

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September 17, 2010

Read These Instead: Better Books for Next Year's Beaches

Peter Wood

NAS's picks for college common reading programs.

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September 17, 2010

A Call for Open-Mindedness or a Culture War Maneuver?

Peter Wood

The AAC&U's new report, "Engaging Diverse Viewpoints," styles itself as an appeal for intellectual diversity but is full of politically correct buzzwords.

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September 16, 2010

Preserving Newman's Legacy

Candace de Russy

The Cardinal Newman Society has officially launched an ambitious, multi-faceted new "legacy" project to help preserve more than 10,000 manuscripts handwritten by the 19th-century theologian John......

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September 16, 2010

Collegiate Press Roundup 9-16-10

Glenn Ricketts

This week, student op-ed writers look at campus hand gun policies, sex at school and bad language at football games.

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September 15, 2010

Higher Education's Obesity Problem: Administrative Bloat

George Leef

In today's Pope Center Clarion Call, I write about the recent study released by the Goldwater Institute on administrative bloat in higher education. Almost everyone laments the increasing cost of......

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September 15, 2010

A Not-So-Bold Plan

Jason Fertig

A new book by Mark Taylor, Crisis on Campus: A Bold Plan for Reforming Our Colleges and Universities, recycles some familiar ideas.

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Where Did We Get the Idea That Only White People Can Be Racist?

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