September 7, 2010

A Course on Zombie Literature

George Leef

No, this isn't from The Onion -- a college course on zombie literature.

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September 7, 2010

The IPCC, Brought Low

Candace de Russy

The distinguished InterAcademy Council, an independent society of  top scientists, recently conducted an extensive review of the practices of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate......

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September 7, 2010

Constitutionalizing

Steve Balch

One of the dangers of bringing academic freedom under judicial authority is that doing so threatens First Amendment rights on campus.

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September 3, 2010

2010 Summer Highlights

Ashley Thorne

Happy fall! Here's a roundup of our top articles from June, July, and August.

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September 2, 2010

Virginia Tech's New "Diversity" Litmus Test

Ashley Thorne

An Argus volunteer gave us an update on the latest efforts to enforce "diversity" on faculty members at Virginia Tech.  Last year Virginia Tech required faculty members to prove the val......

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September 2, 2010

Collegiate Press Roundup 9-2-10

Glenn Ricketts

Student journalists examine topics from presidential speeches to campus smoking bans.

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September 2, 2010

Take Back the Classroom from PowerPoint

Jason Fertig

Restrict PowerPoint use in teaching to pictures and videos, writes Jason Fertig. Too much PowerPoint usurps professors' authority and accustoms students to lazy thinking.

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September 1, 2010

A Big Hole in the Economics Curriculum

George Leef

In this week's Pope Center Clarion Call, Professor Bruce Caldwell of Duke University discusses what he sees as a big hole in the graduate economics curriculum and one that's developing in th......

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September 1, 2010

Texas Hold `Em

David Clemens

Over at Pajamasmedia, “Zombie” is in the midst of a five part analysis of the Texas textbook battle.  In The Language Police (2004), Diane Ravitch argued that to avoid offen......

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September 1, 2010

Will You Promote Diversity? Virginia Tech Tests Faculty Candidates Commitment

Peter Wood

A major public university has fashioned a “diversity” litmus test for faculty hiring.

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A Portrait of Claireve Grandjouan

Claireve Grandjouan, when I knew her, was Head of the Classics Department at Hunter College, and that year gave a three-hour Friday evening class in Egyptian archaeology....

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The Academic's Roadmap

By all means, pursue your noble dream of improving the condition of humanity through your research and teaching. Could I do it all again, I would, but I would do things very differently....

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Ohio Northern University gnaws its teeth with an appetite for vindictive lawfare....

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

A look at the double standard that has arisen regarding racism, illustrated recently by the reaction to a black professor's biased comments on Twitter....

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Ask a Scholar: What is the True Definition of Latino?

What does it mean to be Latino? Are only Latin American people Latino, or does the term apply to anyone whose language derived from Latin?...