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Colleges that let in unqualified applicants hire lots of staff for student retention. This raises college costs, drives away poor, qualified students, and doesn't even keep unqualified admits from flunking out of college.
NAS President Peter Wood writes on the hook-up culture on campus.
Professor Francis B. Randall comments upon NAS President Peter Wood's "The Architecture of Intellectual Freedom."
Common reading programs are back in the spotlight.
John K. Wilson and David Randall discuss NAS President Peter Wood's "The Architecture of Academic Freedom"
A report on the books assigned in 2014-2016 as "common reading."
This week's Pope Center Clarion Call essay discusses the politicalization of anthropology.
In a Huffington Post article, Professor Andrew Pessin explains how students can take back their government from divisive activists.