January 28, 2010

Apple iPad and College?

Ashley Thorne

Yesterday, Apple unveiled its latest super-cool gadget the iPad: a cross between an iPhone and a Mac laptop. Some people are comparing it to Amazon's reader the Kindle. Some are pondering whethe......

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January 28, 2010

NAS President Peter Wood to Appear in Radio Interview

Ashley Thorne

NAS President Peter Wood will be speaking in a live radio broadcast this evening at 5:17 P.M. He will be interviewed by Dr. Russell Moore on the Albert Mohler program, on the topic of how Christians......

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January 28, 2010

Origins of Social Justice Education: Kohlberg's Moral Maturity Theory

Mitchell Langbert

I am in the middle of Reimer, Paolitto and Hersh's Promoting Moral Growth from Piaget to Kohlberg as part of research on business ethics. Kohlberg claims that as children mature they develop gre......

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January 28, 2010

Howard Zinn, Silent

Peter Wood

Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States, has died.

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January 28, 2010

The State of the University

Ashley Thorne

What President Obama's State of the Union address means for the future of higher education.

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January 27, 2010

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Ashley Thorne

NAS: Baggage Claim at Williams Williams College will cancel classes to engage in "pomosexual" poetry performances, politicized art discussions, a "queering communities" panel, and "reclaiming New E......

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January 27, 2010

Congratulations to ACTA President on NACIQI Appointment

Ashley Thorne

We just received a press release from our friends at the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) with some good news: Anne D. Neal, president of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni,......

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January 27, 2010

Rap Battle of the Economists: Keynes vs. Hayek

Ashley Thorne

One principle NAS upholds is civil debate in scholarship. To that end, this rap battle from econstories.tv seems relevant: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0nERTFo-Sk&feature=player_embe......

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January 27, 2010

Should We Reassess the Grutter Decision?

George Leef

In this week's Pope Center Clarion Call, I write about an essay by former Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor in which she expresses some reservations about the Grutter decision in 200......

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January 27, 2010

Four Rented Rooms and a Big Idea: Shimer College at the Crossroads

Peter Wood

A tiny Great Books college in Chicago encounters a clash of ideas.

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