by jstewardfree | Apr 23, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Michael Robert Hepner | Until higher education throws out the text books and replaces them with primary sources, and professors begin talking with their students instead of to their students, our graduates will remain content to gain no other knowledge than what...
by jstewardfree | Apr 22, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Jason Howerton | Few would deny that many of America’s most prestigious academic institutions are left-leaning. Many of those tasked with educating the next generation, the country’s professors and teachers, seem to be unafraid to push a stunningly biased viewpoint...
by jstewardfree | Apr 15, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Steve Tobak | America’s current political and economic climate is not unlike conditions when Margaret Thatcher became British Prime Minister in 1979. It’s all there: high unemployment, sluggish growth, big government, and increasing regulation, especially in...
by jstewardfree | Apr 13, 2013 | FTU Member Alerts, Grey Matter
necklace WINTER FREE. FKA Riley MadisonBy Duke Cheston | At least one Duke University staff member is acutely aware of the problems of casual sex on campus. In recent years, Duke University has developed a reputation for debauchery. A steady drumbeat of scandal—from...
by jstewardfree | Apr 11, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Dr. Lynn F. Jacobs & Jeremy S. Hyman | What makes some college students successful while others – well, less so? Sometimes it’s a question of intelligence or insight. And sometimes it’s sheer good luck. But a lot of the time it’s a...
by jstewardfree | Apr 11, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Kevin Staley-Joyce | Feminism of the primitive observance meets Third-wave feminism in this unusual story. Calliope Wong, who self-identifies as neither male nor female, applied to the famously “lifestyle left” and female-only Smith College, only to be turned down...
