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On Campus
Oct 19, 2009, 05:00PM
"Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?"
The fall of the English department.
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On Campus
Oct 13, 2009, 10:02AM
10-year-old wiser than many voting adults
Refuses to recite the Pledge of Allegiance because he doesn't believe there is "liberty and justice" for all.
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On Campus
Oct 09, 2009, 10:08AM
NIU Police Chief in a bit of trouble
Donald Grady, one of the men honored for their heroism in the days after the Feb. 2008 campus shooting, is now undergoing a performance review after allegations that he threatened and later bribed the head of the campus newspaper to run a favorable story.
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On Campus
Sep 18, 2009, 01:26PM
Police state comes to your high school
No more playing hookie.
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On Campus
Sep 10, 2009, 10:55AM
Looks like another Crane Boys mystery solved
Finding the North Side Strangler. What an internship.
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On Campus
Sep 03, 2009, 09:57AM
The New Liberal Arts
A PDF link to the first 47 pages.
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On Campus
Aug 24, 2009, 11:07AM
For these students, rap music has always been mainstream
The Beloit College Mindset List -- "a look at the cultural touchstones that shape the lives of students entering college."
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On Campus
Aug 21, 2009, 10:19AM
The College Gender Gap
Linda Sax on the qualitative difference between how men and women experience college.
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On Campus
Aug 10, 2009, 11:20AM
Ah, what really matters...
Best colleges for raking in the dough.
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On Campus
Aug 04, 2009, 03:07PM
That sure is one way to do it
Trina Thompson, a recent college graduate, is suing her alma mater because she cannot find a job.
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On Campus
Jul 21, 2009, 12:30PM
The Global University
NYU President John Sexton is determined to make it happen.
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On Campus
Jul 20, 2009, 04:11PM
From Hogwarts to Brown
Emma Watson's off to college.
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On Campus
Jun 30, 2009, 01:03PM
Academic Wankery
The online journal Darkmatter has devoted its fourth issue to academic explorations of The Wire. Thirteen articles including The Life and Times of Fuzzy Dunlop: Herc and the Modern Urban Crime Environment and "Thin Line 'tween heaven and here" (Bubbles): Real and Imagined Space in The Wire.
Introductory editorial below.
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On Campus
Jun 16, 2009, 04:44PM
Blame the Academy
For the fall of the "intellectual class."
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On Campus
Jun 10, 2009, 12:39PM
Gotta Have the Coin
The recession is starting to affect acceptance of financially needy students at traditionally scholarship-heavy universities. Lessons from Reed College.
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On Campus
Jun 04, 2009, 10:48AM
Creative Writing: Then and Now
And its place in the academy.
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On Campus
Jun 02, 2009, 12:54PM
It's better if we don't talk about it
Making plagarism charges go away is easy when you're a university President.
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Sep 25, 2009, 10:17AM
My Samurai, My Classmate
Media representations of the samurai-sword incident seem reductive from a Hopkins student's point of view.
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On Campus
Sep 24, 2009, 09:41AM
Yale is Safe... Kinda!
Your chances of being murdered here are actually quite slim.
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On Campus
Sep 09, 2009, 10:05AM
The Unimportance of Gym Class
Still the most worthless of high school requirements.
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On Campus
Aug 18, 2009, 10:14AM
Don't Have Sex With Your Students
Why is this the first piece of advice that new T.A.'s get?
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On Campus
Jul 14, 2009, 11:39AM
Colleges Buy-In For the Latest Student Addiction
Online gambling can be as addictive as any substance, but colleges think nothing of enabling students through high-speed Internet connections throughout campus.
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On Campus
Jun 09, 2009, 09:57AM
The Importance of Empathy
It's gotten a bad rap over the last few weeks, but graduation season is the perfect time to remember that empathy may be society's best hope.
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On Campus
May 13, 2009, 01:05PM
Our Failing Academic-Industrial Complex
The de-centering of individual departments has made liberal arts education a purely self-serving industry.
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On Campus
Apr 03, 2009, 01:39PM
Keep Your Porn Off My Taxes
Should porn screenings be allowed at state universities? Relatedly: Why would anyone care?
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On Campus
Mar 05, 2009, 11:26AM
Thank You For Teaching
We all respect teachers, but the position remains one of the country's most thankless.
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On Campus
Mar 04, 2009, 10:21AM
Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here
The flagging economy is bringing people’s fears out of the woodwork, regardless of “industry.”
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On Campus
Feb 02, 2009, 10:27AM
Academia Gone Wild!
Grad School: Like the "real world," only with more gossip and paid sabbaticals.
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On Campus
Jan 29, 2009, 09:44AM
The Doomed Generation
The economy has caused a collective frightened shudder to pass through those Americans about to enter the work force.
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On Campus
Dec 01, 2008, 10:06AM
High School Was Awesome
The pressures of secondary education are exaggerated and no one is blameless.
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On Campus
Sep 30, 2008, 10:05AM
Stuff Black People Don't Like
An academic conference for black students raises questions about the country's bizarre fascination with elitism.
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Oct 29, 2009, 12:42PM
I don't think college has really taught you anything...
How Not to Be a Millionaire.
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On Campus
Oct 19, 2009, 10:01AM
Chevy Chase teaches you how to pass a test
You know, back when Chevy Chase was good.
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On Campus
Oct 15, 2009, 04:32PM
Have you tried biting?
Self-defense for complete dweebs. A lot of running seems to be involved.
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On Campus
Sep 25, 2009, 04:19PM
Not much changes
Riot police and U. of Pittsburgh students clash.
Also, the first use of the LRAD against American civilians.
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On Campus
Sep 25, 2009, 11:13AM
Get 'em while they're hot
The League of Librarian Trading Cards.
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On Campus
Aug 03, 2009, 10:57AM
College dorm rooms will never be the same again
Japan's Ramen-making robots.
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On Campus
May 22, 2009, 01:08PM
It's that time of year
Ellen DeGeneres' surprisingly excellent commencement address at Tulane University.
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On Campus
May 20, 2009, 02:25PM
Let's go to art school!
A student at the San Francisco Art Institute snuck a short film into an MFA exhibit at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art to protest cuts in faculty and student resources.
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On Campus
Apr 10, 2009, 11:47AM
Scary high school geniuses
Via Boing Boing, a list of ten high school science fair projects that will make you weep.
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On Campus
Sep 29, 2008, 10:40AM
Here's what Prof. David Foster Wallace made his students read
One former student has posted the recently deceased author's Spring 2005 syllabus for English 67 at Pomona College. There are footnotes. And it turns out the average grade he gave was a B/B-.
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On Campus
Aug 22, 2008, 02:08PM
Periodic Table Of Videos
The chemistry department at the University of Nottingham is doing their best to bring science education to the YouTube generation. They've built an online periodic table with videos explaining exactly what's cool about every single element. Like this one, for Ununoctium, that's only had three atoms observed. Ever. Also the crazy professor guy is pretty cool.
