June 3, 2010

What Colleges Want Freshmen to Read

The National Association of Scholars has released a study of colleges that assign a single book as summer reading to incoming freshmen.

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June 2, 2010

Who Should Go to College?

Glenn Ricketts

That question seems to be on the minds of many higher education watchers these days, and there's an interesting round-table discussion of it over at today's Chronicle of Higher Education. As......

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May 28, 2010

Science Gets Gender Equity

Glenn Ricketts

As the House of Representatives approaches a vote on the America Competes Reathorization Act, our long-time friend Christina Sommers takes note of an obscure section tucked deeply within the bill wh......

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May 27, 2010

The Man in the Moon: A Memory from the NAS Conference

David Clemens

In 2009, ten days before the inauguration, I was in Washington for the NAS conference but had decided to stay near the National Mall at the ritzy Hay-Adams across from the White House.  With Bl......

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May 27, 2010

NAS Member Publications

Ashley Thorne

A sampling of some NAS members' work this year.

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May 26, 2010

Don't Stop the Presses - Yet

Glenn Ricketts

According to this survey from the National Association of College Stores, students prefer traditional print textbooks by a significant majority, and would not buy digitalized versions even if they w......

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May 26, 2010

10 Reasons Not to Go to College

Ashley Thorne

A sampling of arguments for the idea that college may not be for everyone.

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May 26, 2010

Collegiate Press Roundup 5-26-10

Glenn Ricketts

This week students write about higher pay for women, ideological uniformity on campus, ways to control undergraduate alcoholic excess, the spiritual dimension of life and federal health care program......

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May 19, 2010

A Word on Academic Attire

Brian T. Johnson

This weekend, I graduated from the University of Missouri with a BA in political science. Walking across the stage to receive my diploma gave me a great feeling, particularly after being away from s......

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May 19, 2010

America Has Always Had a Rather High College Dropout Rate

George Leef

In this week's Pope Center Clarion Call, I comment on the recent AEI paper by Professor John Thelin, in which he shows that there was no "golden age" of higher ed in America when most students w......

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