July 30, 2010

U of Illinois Reinstates Sacked Religion Professor

Glenn Ricketts

It's nice to be able to end the week on an upbeat note: the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign announced yesterdy that it has reinstated adjunct reilgious studies professor Kenneth Howell......

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July 30, 2010

Why Make Life Miserable for Proprietary Higher Ed?

George Leef

In today's Pope Center piece, Richard Bishirjian, president and founder of Yorktown University, writes about the Obama administration's moves that have a strong negative impact on for-profit......

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July 30, 2010

Climate Change: MIT Point Counter-Point

Glenn Ricketts

MIT climatologists (and friends) Richard Lindzen and Kerry Emanuel emphatically disagree on global warming.

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July 29, 2010

How to Preserve Free Speech on Campus

Glenn Ricketts

Check out this article by Daphne Patai over at Minding the Campus, in which she discusses the perilous state of free speech on American college campuses. There's been no end of dismal news on th......

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July 29, 2010

Collegiate Press Roundup

Glenn Ricketts

Student journalists who continue to work during summer vacation write about the money-driven world of professional sports, the national debt crisis,the search for superheroes,and Third Culture Kids.

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July 28, 2010

Federal Judge Upholds Thought Reform at EMU

Glenn Ricketts

Yesterday, good news, since we were elated to acknowledge FIRE's victory for academic freedom at a California community college. Today, back to the more familiar bad news, since a federal judge......

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July 28, 2010

Less Effort, Higher Grades!

George Leef

In this week's Pope Center Clarion Call, Emory University history professor Patrick Allitt discusses the research finding that college students are putting in less and less time on their coursew......

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July 28, 2010

Human Heredity Hoopla at SJCCD

Candace de Russy

California taxpayers are now on the hook for  $100,000, which the San José/Evergreen Community College District (SJCCD) has agreed to pay an adjunct professor in lost earn......

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July 28, 2010

Renewable Debate: Progress vs. Sustainability

Daniel Bonevac

Philosophy professor Daniel Bonevac responds to a historian's critiques of his AQ article "Is Sustainability Sustainable?"

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July 28, 2010

Collegiate Press Roundup 7-28-10

Glenn Ricketts

In this week's edition, student writers range from advising presidents and prime ministers, to pointing the finger in the Gulf oil spill.

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