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Perspectives

The Song Remains The Blame

It appeared as if the campuses of Boston University and others nearby had emptied and the students collectively converged on the large intersection for a victory rally. It quickly turned ugly.

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News

Fundamentals of Brainwashing

When psychologist Denis Nissim-Sabat takes his political positions into the classroom, he threatens to turn the science of the mind into the control of the thought.

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Perspectives

Academia’s Mission Creep

Businesses that diversify into many different markets outside of the one where they’re very good often wind up being mediocre to poor in everything. A university that succumbs to the temptation to expand into areas other than education is apt to have the same result.

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Features

(X) Free Speech (X)

In this day and age, it is interesting to see what type of free speech that college and universities allow. A survey of some recent cases suggests that they find political statements risky, particularly conservative ones, but pornography fair game.

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News

Colleges Choking On Cash

School officials have no trouble finding projects to spend budget dollars on: Duke University, for example, gives each freshman a cutting-edge high tech i-pod for no particular reason.

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Book Reviews

Ivory Tower Inanities

The move towards distance education leaves many professors feeling left out and their resistance typifies their attitude towards educational progress, according to the authors of a new book

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