Archive | Academics
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Editorial: Use of ‘study drugs’ gives unfair advantage
Pressure. “Pressure” is one word that single-handedly unites college students from all walks of university life. All students have felt it, whether from their parents and peers or within their major.
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Column: Don’t come to college to get a degree — get an education
How do you get an English major off of your porch? Pay for the pizza. I see this idea constantly in articles, cartoons and blogs, and it drives me crazy: "A liberal arts degree is useless in this job market.
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Column: Back to the top
The College Board reported in 2010 that the United States ranked twelfth globally in the proportion of young adults holding a college degree.
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Blogger fired for criticizing black studies students
Former Wall Street Journal editor Naomi Schaefer Riley was fired from the Chronicle of Higher Education on Monday, a week after she wrote a blog post criticizing the work of some doctoral candidates in Northwestern’s African American Studies department.
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As crunch time hits, some students turn to dangerous study drug
In preparation for finals, some students stock up on Red Bull. Others reload their Starbucks cards in anticipation of coffee-fueled nights. But for some students who sneak under the radar at Harvard, reading period entails a trip to the pharmacy or their entryway’s drug dealer.
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Editorial: No matter the medium, cheating still unethical
Odds are, we’ve all cheated, whether it’s handing down past exams or sharing information minutes before a quiz. Traditionally, we think of cheating as an information transaction from one person to another or a small group of people.
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Texting hinders learning, study shows
Boston U. senior Sana Ali said she usually pays attention in class, but she will text when she has the opportunity. “I have a lot of three hour classes,” she said. “If I focus for the first two hours, I feel like it’s okay to send a text.
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Santorum takes aim at California’s college curriculum
Facts eluded presidential candidate Rick Santorum when he took aim at the history curriculums at California’s universities Monday. “I was just reading something last night from the state of California,” Santorum said at a campaign stop in Wisconsin.
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Leftism at U. California leads to skewed education, report claims
Liberal faculty and politically correct thinking at U. California has resulted in students receiving a decrepit and biased education, a report released this month by a conservative think tank claims.