Mark Bauerlein discusses the argument that reading comprehension is based on previous knowledge of the subject of a given passage.
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Best practices are nice, but let's worry about eliminating gross incompetence first, suggests Kevin Carey.
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In a poll, the American public held Arne Duncan to higher standards than do reporters at many national media outlets, says Marc Bousquet.
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OK, folks: I’m asking for your help on behalf of all those new faculty members, the ones who are roaming the halls trying to look as if they know where they belong but who really haven’t a clue. I have several friends who started out this year. Some have taught for years but are starting in new venues while others are embarking on their first full-academic positions. What I’d like to hear from you is this: What are five things you know now that you wish you’d known then?
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When he wasn't right, he was wrong in interesting ways, writes Michael Ruse of the 19th-century philosopher.
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We count bigger and more as achievements because that's all we know how to easily and tidily measure, says Kevin Carey.
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Emphasizing social benefits won't keep music, theater, and dance offerings in the classroom, argues Mark Bauerlein.
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The hypocrisy in higher education is sometimes just astounding. I read Richard Kahlenberg’s blog yesterday about the admirable efforts on the part of Washington University in St. Louis and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to increase graduation rates among low income students who attend these institutions. In fact, Mr. Kahlenberg goes as far as to suggest that other universities should learn some valuable lessons from these institutions.
Give me a break.
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A blog dedicated to the reclamation and protection of individual rights at monocultural public universities.
"Brainstorm; Review; Lives of the Mind" A blog run by the Chronicle of Higher Education.
First Principles is the online journal of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute where college and university faculty and students as well as those interested in ideas can find original content and archival material on American intellectual conservatism.
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Mid-length articles on the politics, the business, and the philosophy of higher education, and how a traditional liberal arts education is faring in contemporary academia.
