March 26, 2009

River Rafting

R. Lawrence Purdy

A response to "Affirmative-Action Programs for Minority Students: Right in Theory, Wrong in Practice."

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March 25, 2009

We Deliver

Peter Wood

We offer a free CASNET subscription: you can get NAS and other important articles delivered to your inbox.

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March 25, 2009

Monster Mail

Peter Wood

Some of our more unusual letters from readers.

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March 24, 2009

Tuesday Temptations

Ashley Thorne

Transparency, Stereotype threat and the SAT, Lottery admissions, and Immortal sustainability

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March 24, 2009

New Tradition-Minded Academic Geographers Subgroup

Jim Norwine

Announcement: proposed new group of academic geographers dedicated to inquiry and "the whole range of human values."

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March 23, 2009

Postmodern Immunity

George Seaver

Deconstruction's toll on liberal education and the American university

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March 20, 2009

Friday Frogs Legs

Ashley Thorne

DiversityInc ratings, Residence life video, Affirmative action in California, Students "feel empty" and look to Great Books, Peter Wood in Inside Higher Ed, Is the internet stupefying students?, Let......

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March 19, 2009

Thursday Threnodies

Peter Wood

Hangry, Scalia at Amherst, medical school match day, Lucy, and critical play

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A Portrait of Claireve Grandjouan

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

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