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Maxwell: College spares a young man from modern-day slaveryScrippsNewsDuring summer months, mosquitoes attacked us inside these stinking places, forcing many of us to relieve ourselves outside. Store-bought toilet paper was like gold. The majority of us used newspaper that we softened by vigorously rubbing it between our ...
21 May 2012 | 9:26 pm
KANSAS INSIGHT: A transformation of governanceArkansas City TravelerThose concerned about the future funding of public schools, social services and public higher education, among other state obligations, are wary of the reduction and possible elimination of state income taxes, and the rosy economic projections on which ...and more »
21 May 2012 | 3:59 pm
HNN Huntingtonnews.netOP-ED: Ending the Mindset That Gets Us into WarHNN Huntingtonnews.netIt's on our calendars now along with Loyalty Day (formerly May Day), Veterans Day (formerly Armistice Day), Memorial Day, Yellow Ribbon Day, Patriots Day, Independence Day, Flag Day, Pearl Harbor Day, and of course September 11th, among many others.and more »
20 May 2012 | 3:19 pm
Catholic university drops student health coverage over contraception mandateInside Higher EdBut he said insurance premiums were set to double — from $600 per student per year to $1300 per student — due to higher coverage limits imposed as part of the Affordable Care Act, the new health care law. "We didn't feel it was just to double the ...and more »
16 May 2012 | 12:13 am
Times Higher EducationInside Higher Ed: Playing Politics With Poli SciTimes Higher EducationBy Doug Lederman for Inside Higher Ed Jeff Flake, US representative for Arizona's 6th congressional district, tried and failed this week to get his colleagues in the House of Representatives to slash the budget of the National Science Foundation, ...and more »
14 May 2012 | 6:55 am
The Moral LiberalTaking a StandThe Moral LiberalAn article in Inside Higher Ed poses the question of whether college faculties should vote to take institutional stands on public issues. The publication reports the events at William Mitchell College of Law in Minnesota, where the faculty voted 24-7 ...and more »
3 May 2012 | 10:27 am
Inside Higher EdWatch Your MouthInside Higher EdLombardi, who occasionally blogs for Inside Higher Ed, declined to comment on the board's decision. At a time when state resource constraints and national pressure to increase college completion rates mean politicians and the public are turning a ...and more »
2 May 2012 | 12:22 am
Inside Higher Ed'The Black Campus Movement'Inside Higher EdRogers, an assistant professor of history at the State University of New York at Oneonta, agreed to answer some questions from Inside Higher Ed. Q: With decades of hindsight, what is the legacy of the Black Campus Movement? In what ways has higher ...and more »
1 May 2012 | 12:23 am
Even More on Women (and Men) Opting Out of Academic ScienceScience Careers Blog (blog)A peripheral comment Curt Rice, vice president for research at the University of Tromsø in Norway, recently made on the report at Inside Higher Ed, however, brought the document to my attention. The British study arrived at the same conclusions as the ...
30 April 2012 | 1:57 pm
Times Higher EducationInside Higher Ed: Doctrinal matters reignite tensions on Catholic campusesTimes Higher EducationBy Libby A. Nelson for Inside Higher Ed Who could have guessed that the big debate on the campuses of Roman Catholic colleges and universities in 2012 would be over contraception? For years, Catholic colleges have endured periodic debates over speakers ...and more »
30 April 2012 | 4:59 am