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Monday, June 3, 2013

• Leef: Smartness Is Nothing but False and Oppressive 6/3/13
• Leef: Why Men Are ‘Underrepresented’ in College 6/3/13
• Schalin: One Small Victory in the Info Wars 6/3/13
• Schalin: DOE Wishes Weasel Words Will Work Wonders 6/3/13

Friday, May 31, 2013

• Harden: B.A., With a Sex Change on the Side 5/31/13
• Leef: Obama Grandstanding on Student Loans 5/31/13
• Leef: ‘Liberal’ Students Happy with IRS Abuse 5/31/13

Thursday, May 30, 2013

• Fertig: Prager U: Were the Middle Ages Dark? 5/30/13
• Fertig: Grads, Don't Do What You Love 5/30/13
• Leef: Controversial Courses and Academic Freedom 5/30/13

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

• Iannone: Sex and Gender 5/29/13
• Leef: Student Fees and the Special-Interest-Group Effect 5/29/13
• Schalin: No Pain, No Gain 5/29/13

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

• Fertig: The Dilbert Ph.D. Saga Continues 5/28/13

Friday, May 24, 2013

• Schalin: The National Speech Code Power Grab 5/24/13
• Fertig: Student Loans are a Horror Movie 5/24/13
• Harden: Female Cadets at West Point Secretly Filmed in Shower 5/24/13

Thursday, May 23, 2013

• Fertig: Dilbert Knows Ph.Ds 5/23/13

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

• Iannone: Roth Bound 5/22/13
• Leef: So Much Lying on Campus 5/22/13
• Leef: A Politicized Course at NC State 5/22/13
• Leef: Another Non-College Billionaire 5/22/13

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

• Harden: Hamas Student Union: Jews are Trash 5/21/13

Monday, May 20, 2013

• Leef: Disgrace at Swarthmore 5/20/13
• Harden: The March to MOOCs Continues 5/20/13
• Leef: NC State Falls into the Sustainability Craze 5/20/13
• Leef: The Statistical-Gap Mania 5/20/13

Friday, May 17, 2013

• Leef: Nice Work If You Can Get It 5/17/13
• Leef: Another Sort of Admissions Preference 5/17/13

Thursday, May 16, 2013

• Harden: First Lady to College Grads: Prepare for Disappointment 5/16/13
• Clegg: ‘A Simple Prescription for Race Relations’ 5/16/13
• Leef: Remember, Our Colleges Teach Critical-Thinking Skills 5/16/13
• Fertig: Prager U: Separation of Church and State 5/16/13

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

• Harden: Is Law School Sexist? 5/15/13
• Leef: Students Should Be Able to Borrow More Cheaply! 5/15/13
• Leef: David Clemens Reports on ACTC and MLA Meetings 5/15/13
• Schalin: Apples and Crab Apples Not Quite the Same 5/15/13
• Shaw: The Road to Graduation 5/15/13
• Harden: Stephen Hawking Backs Academic Boycott of Israel 5/15/13

Friday, May 10, 2013

• Fertig: The Daily Show on Going to College 5/10/13

Thursday, May 9, 2013

• Iannone: Not Leaving the Left Behind 5/9/13
• Iannone: Imbalance at Bowdoin 5/9/13
• Clegg: ‘Latino High-School Graduates Outpace Whites in College Enrollment’ 5/9/13

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

• Leef: An Elaborate if Farcical Defense of Affirmative Action 5/8/13
• Leef: Wasteful Redistribution 5/8/13
• Leef: One Writing Prof Who Gets Results 5/8/13

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

• Schalin: Pell-Owe Talk 5/7/13
• Leef: UMass-Dartmouth’s ‘Interpretation’ of FERPA 5/7/13
• Shaw: The Power of Inertia 5/7/13

Monday, May 6, 2013

• Leef: Those Courses are Terrible and We Shouldn't Have to Compete with Them 5/6/13
• Schalin: Race to the Bottom Midway Results 5/6/13
• Leef: Re: John Rosenberg Demolishes 5/6/13

Friday, May 3, 2013

• Leef: John Rosenberg Demolishes Another Ridiculous Argument 5/3/13
• Leef: If Student Loans Must Be Forgiven . . . 5/3/13
• Schalin: What a Long Strange Trip It Was 5/3/13
• Leef: Another Success Who Says College Was a Waste 5/3/13
• Leef: Unexpected Support for MOOCs 5/3/13
• Fertig: Landmarks of Tomorrow 5/3/13
• Leef: The NYT Exposes Academic Fraud 5/3/13
• Iannone: Knox Again, Unfortunately 5/3/13

Thursday, May 2, 2013

• Leef: Uh-oh: Asians Underrepresented in Higher-Ed Administration 5/2/13
• Leef: ‘White Privilege’ Conference in Wisconsin 5/2/13
• Leef: Yes, Spelling Still Counts 5/2/13

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

• Iannone: George W. Bush and Civic Education 5/1/13
• Dent: How to Find Your Vocation in College 5/1/13
• Schalin: When the Party’s Over 5/1/13

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

• Dent: William James and the Ph.D. Octopus 4/30/13

Monday, April 29, 2013

• Schalin: Assess Before You Transgress 4/29/13
• Shaw: In re: Rape Prevention 4/29/13

Friday, April 26, 2013

• VerBruggen: Re: Re: Re: Rape Prevention 4/26/13
• Harden: Catholic University Hosts Drag Show 4/26/13
• Harden: Re: Re: Rape Prevention 4/26/13
• Clegg: The Economist Comes Out against Affirmative Action 4/26/13
• Shaw: The Truth Is Out 4/26/13
• Shaw: English Professors, Wake Up! 4/26/13
• Dent: Pro-Life Controversy, This Time at UNC 4/26/13

Thursday, April 25, 2013

• Pollowitz: FAU Professor: Boston Was Staged 4/25/13
• VerBruggen: Re: Rape Prevention 4/25/13
• Harden: Rape Prevention Is Not a Liberal Issue 4/25/13

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

• Schalin: The Unbounded University 4/24/13
• Shaw: All Eyes on Texas 4/24/13
• Harden: After Boston, Should We Revoke Student Visas? 4/24/13
• Fertig: ‘I’m Here to Get a Job’ 4/24/13
• Leef: Georgetown’s Admissions Office 4/24/13
• Fertig: Prager U: God or Atheism — Which Is More Rational? 4/24/13
• Leef: Faking It 4/24/13
• Schalin: Teaching Citizenship 4/24/13

Friday, April 19, 2013

• Harden: Tsarnaev’s Facebook, YouTube Accounts 4/19/13
• Shaw: Scholars Attack 4/19/13
• Leef: What Would Socrates Do? 4/19/13
• Leef: The Lake Wobegon Effect at Dartmouth 4/19/13
• Thorne: Shut Up for Gay Rights, Says Dean of Students 4/19/13
• Leef: Nasty Tempest in a Teapot at UNC 4/19/13

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

• Leef: 'Diversity' Used to be a Fine Word 4/17/13
• Leef: New Chancellor at UNC: Good Move or blunder? 4/17/13

Friday, April 12, 2013

• Leef: To Make Things More Equitable.... 4/12/13

Thursday, April 11, 2013

• Shaw: Off the Script 4/11/13
• Leef: Obama's Education Budget 4/11/13
• Leef: The Rejection of Suzy Weiss 4/11/13

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

• Leef: What Will Higher Ed Look Like in 2020? 4/10/13

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