May 13, 2010

Political Correctness

Daniel Asia

I student of mine is applying for a job. Here is some of the verbiage on the job description page: "Strengthened by Diversity GCSU is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative-Action Institution committed t......

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May 13, 2010

Center for the Study of American Ideals and Culture

Daniel Asia

A project I have been imaging for a long time is now actually a reality. The Center for the Study of American Ideals and Culture has received its first funding, from the new Apgar Foundation. With t......

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May 13, 2010

Sustainability

Daniel Asia

So the Provost sent out a year end wrap-up. For those of you who don't know, it hasn't been good year for academe, particularly here in Arizona. The income side of the fiscal picture is a di......

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May 13, 2010

Collegiate Press Roundup 5-13-10

Glenn Ricketts

Student journalists write about the ongoing controversy over Arizona’s new immigration law, the dark side of sophisticated communications technologies, the National Day of Prayer, Washington,......

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May 13, 2010

Arizona Ends Divisive Chicano Studies in Schools

Ashley Thorne

Arizona has passed a bill to end La Raza studies, which taught elementary school students to see America as a clash between whites and Chicanos.

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May 12, 2010

Free Online 'Sustainability' Academic Questions Articles

Ashley Thorne

We are pleased to announce that the current issue of Academic Questions, a special issue on “Sustainability,” is available FREE online!

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May 12, 2010

What, Exactly, is "Diversity Training" About?

George Leef

In this week's Pope Center Clarion Call, John Eick (our intern and a student at UNC-Chapel Hill) writes about his experience in a "Diversity 101" training session. Turns out that this amounted t......

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May 12, 2010

We Told You So: UC Fulfills NAS Prophecy

Ashley Thorne

NAS predictions are coming true as the University of California opts for online undergraduate education.

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May 12, 2010

To Serve Mann: Virginia

Peter Wood

Is the climate fraud investigation a breach or an exercise of academic freedom?

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May 11, 2010

Symposium: Student Life

Adam Pascarella

This symposium by eight student writers provides an inside view of campus life today and appeared in the "Student Culture" issue of Academic Questions (vol. 23, no. 2).

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