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Neither a Trap Nor a Lie
An English professor defends the "life of the mind" despite its economic risks.
What Darwin's Doubters Get Wrong
Michael Ruse wonders why evolution is still being debated. Our readers weigh in:
The question is, if everything we have and everything we are--from our miraculously finely-tuned and well-ordered physical structures, to our emotional outlooks, our religions, our cultures--are all determined by their having survival value, then why do we seek so much beyond mere survival?"
"I still can spend hours looking through my microscope. But, the wonder of life is still not 'evidence' of a designer. Science requires a natural explanation, requires its practitioners to be 'doubting Thomases', whereas faith is belief beyond proof; its concern and focus is the spiritual world, not natural world."
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Conservation Professor Applies His Science to National Parks
Gary Machlis, of the University of Idaho, is the first full-time science adviser to the director of the National Park Service.
- Work in Iraq Puts Engineering Professor on the Fast Track
- In a War-Torn Land, a President Works to Make His University an Oasis
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Women Home From War
Female combat veterans on their life-changing experiences.
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Economics Is on the Verge of a Golden Age
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On Going Viral at the (Virtual) MLA
Wired Campus TV
Superman ... in My Classroom?
On many college campuses, it’s become a widely recognized comic form: Students dress up as the Ghostbusters, the Incredible Hulk, or Pac-Man; parade through a lecture hall as a perplexed professor looks on; and film the whole event for YouTube.
College 2.0: Should Lectures Go Online?
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3 Women Sue Alabama State U., Saying It Condoned Harassment
The women, who worked in an administrative office, allege that they were subjected to frequent offensive racial and sexual language.
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Democrats, Under Pressure, Look to Cut Benefits From Student-Loan Bill
The lawmakers have begun talks on cutting the $87-billion student-loan bill, spurred by new estimates of the legislation's cost and savings.
- Video-Indexing Patents, Developed for Holocaust Archive, Head to Auction Block
- College-Oriented Charities Get a Share of Obama's Nobel Prize Cash
- British Universities Are Urged to Pursue U.S. Stimulus Money, for 'a Piece of the Action'
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Jury Finds Iowa State Professor Filed False Bias Complaints in Pursuit of Tenure
- Virginia's Governor, in Response to an Outcry, Says Workplace Bias Is Banned
- NSF Seeks New Approach to Helping Minority Students in Science
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The Actual Needs of the Needy: New Measure of Poverty Catches On
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As Funds for Facilities Dry Up, Colleges Look to Energy Companies for Upgrades
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- U. of Southern California Names Provost as Next President
Wired Campus
- Security Firm Says Universities Make Good Targets for Phishing
- Georgia Tech Students Develop Digital Locks for Shared Bikes
- Some Participants Criticize Format of Blockbuster Ed-Tech Conference
Arts & Letters Daily
In 1895, Wall Street was making bets as to when the U.S. Treasury would run out of gold and default on its debts. Then J.P. Morgan stepped in. More
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