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The Third Power

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At a January Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) lecture, one Korean Studies scholar argued that in international relations there is a third power besides “soft” influence and “hard” military power.

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Academic Wisdom Unboxed

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As one blogger notes, it is an academic tradition for professors to “try to one-up their colleagues by exchanging unintentionally hilarious sentences from students’ exams and final papers.” In a similar spirit, I will be providing some of the more striking statements made by professors discussing at the 2009 MLA Convention.

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More Teachable Moments

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The latest poll from the Chronicle of Higher Education shows that conservatives make up only 15 percent of faculty and staff at surveyed colleges and universities while most polls show that more Americans than ever before are identifying themselves as right-leaning.

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