October 9, 2008

Making Allowances

Ashley Thorne

Want to keep students on the track to academic success? Pay them!

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October 9, 2008

Circling Arizona: Mission Creep at a State University

Steven Anderson

An ASU-sponsored research center studies minority health disparities.

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October 6, 2008

UPDATE: CAUT's Empty Accusations

Peter Wood

The AAUP Canadian counterpart tried some unoriginal smears on Argus and NAS; we set the record straight.

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October 2, 2008

The Cave

Peter Wood

It's October - time to pay attention to recent and upcoming trends in higher education, like the student loan crisis, the rise of distance learning, the therapeutic campus, and sustainability.

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October 2, 2008

Debates on Campus

Ashley Thorne

Part of NAS's mission is to "sustain the tradition of civil debate in America

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September 30, 2008

Facebook and the Future of the University

Tom Wood

Will social networking sites like Facebook remove the extracurricular responsibility of the university?

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September 30, 2008

NO BIG DEAL...but many small ones

Peter Wood

How campaigning-for-credit undermines academic value

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September 29, 2008

Losing Altitude: Leftist Ideologies on the Decline

Peter Wood

People are less and less interested in topics like Marxism and deconstruction, but which new ideological trends are replacing the old?

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September 29, 2008

Unbuttoned in Illinois

Peter Wood

The University of Illinois has issued a strange notice concerning its employees' buttons and bumper stickers.

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

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10 Reasons Not to Go to College

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